Identifying and avoiding bias in research

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 619-625

  Pannucci, Christopher J ^a   Wilkins, Edwin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PLASTIC SURGERY; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLICATION BIAS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGERY, PLASTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955354399     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181de24bc     Document Type: Article

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