What makes large epidemiological studies comparable?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 720-721

  Cerveri, I ^a   De Marco, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EDITORIAL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPIROMETRY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY MEDICINE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 77957837721     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00110310     Document Type: Editorial

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