Researcher judgment and study design: Challenges of using administrative data

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-41

  Boden, Leslie I ^a   Al Ozonoff, A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capture recapture; Occupational injuries; Study design; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MINNESOTA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 74949120385     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20787     Document Type: Review

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