Quantitative assessment of unobserved confounding is mandatory in nonrandomized intervention studies

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-28

  Groenwold, R H H ^a   Hak, E ^a   Hoes, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bias; Confounding factors; Epidemiologic methods; Epidemiology; Influenza vaccines; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

DRUG EFFICACY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION GROUPS;

EID: 57449091934     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2008.02.011     Document Type: Review

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