Methodology and analytic techniques used in clinical research: Associations with journal impact factor

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 877-884

  Kuroki, Lindsay M ^a,b   Allsworth, Jenifer E ^a,b   Peipert, Jeffrey F ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTHOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSTETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TYPES OF STUDY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; OBSTETRICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 70349671009     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181b5c9e8     Document Type: Article

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