Statistical consideration for bilateral cases in orthopaedic research

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1732-1737

  Park, Moon Seok ^a   Kim, Sung Ju ^b   Chung, Chin Youb ^a   Choi, In Ho ^c   Lee, Sang Hyeong ^a   Lee, Kyoung Min ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Novartis Korea   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Children's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; ORTHOPEDICS; RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; ORTHOPEDICS; RESEARCH;

EID: 77955302373     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.I.00724     Document Type: Article

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