On framing the research question and choosing the appropriate research design

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 473, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-17

  Parfrey, Patrick ^a   Ravani, Pietro ^b  

^a Health Sciences Centre St John's   (Canada)

^b CREMONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical epidemiology; evidence based medicine; longitudinal studies; methodology; randomized controlled trials; research design

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STANDARD;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 59649094602     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-385-1_1     Document Type: Review

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