"Case-control" confusion: Mislabeled reports in obstetrics and gynecology journals

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1284-1286

  Grimes, David A ^a  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ERROR; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; OBSTETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TYPES OF STUDY; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GYNECOLOGY; OBSTETRICS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 73349114946     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181c03421     Document Type: Article

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