The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) Statement: Guidelines for reporting of observational studies;Das Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE-) Statement: Leitlinien für das berichten von beobachtungsstudien

Internist

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 688-693

  Von Elm, E ^a,g   Altman, D G ^b   Egger, M ^a,c   Pocock, S J ^d   Gotzsche P C ^e   Vandenbroucke, J P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e Nordic Cochrane Centre   (Denmark)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Cohort studies; Cross sectional studies; Medical research; Observational studies

Indexed keywords

BASIC RESEARCH; EDITOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

EID: 44849107117     PISSN: 00209554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00108-008-2138-4     Document Type: Review

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