Selection bias and information bias in clinical research

Nephron - Clinical Practice

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Tripepi, Giovanni ^a   Jager, Kitty J ^b   Dekker, Friedo W ^b,c   Zoccali, Carmine ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bias; Information bias; Selection bias; Systematic error

Indexed keywords

MULTIVITAMIN;

ACCURACY; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANALYTICAL ERROR; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS CANDIDIASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL VALIDITY; INTERVIEW BIAS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; OBSERVER BIAS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM ERROR; RECALL BIAS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 77950936123     PISSN: 16602110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000312871     Document Type: Review

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