Cohort Studies: Design and Pitfalls

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-5

  Soh, Shu E ^a   Saw, Seang Mei ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATARACT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EYE EXAMINATION; FERTILITY; GLAUCOMA; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MYOPIA; OBSERVER BIAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUN EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL; TUBERCULOSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 77953891973     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2010.03.008     Document Type: Editorial

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