The Catch-22 of appraisals on the quality of observational studies

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1059-1060

  Groenwold, R H H ^a,b   Rovers, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHECKLIST; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; CONSENSUS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; STANDARD;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHECKLIST; CONSENSUS; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 78349289268     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.04.013     Document Type: Note

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