Avoiding bias in observational studies: Part 8 in a series of articles on evaluation of scientific publications;Vermeidung verzerrter ergebnisse in beobachtungsstudien: Teil 8 der serie zur bewertung wissenschaftlicher publikationen

Deutsches Arzteblatt

Volumn 106, Issue 41, 2009, Pages 664-668

  Hammer, Gaël P ^a   Du Prel, Jean Baptist ^a   Blettner, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical research; Data analysis; Epidemiology; Observational study; Study

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEASUREMENT ERROR; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLICATION BIAS; SCIENCE;

EID: 72049131334     PISSN: 00121207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2009.0664     Document Type: Review

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