Commentary: Flawed study designs are not salvaged by large samples

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 987-989

  Willett, Walter C ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TRANS FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BLOOD ANALYSIS; CALORIC INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MACRONUTRIENT; MEASUREMENT ERROR; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; URINALYSIS; VALIDITY; VEGETABLE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIET; DIET RECORDS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 53349096758     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn177     Document Type: Note

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