Principles of designing an orthopaedic case-control study

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2009, Pages 15-20

  Busse, Jason W ^a   Obremskey, William T ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 66349135630     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.01570     Document Type: Review

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