Observational studies: Cohort and case-control studies

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2234-2242

  Song, Jae W ^a   Chung, Kevin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78650060699     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181f44abc     Document Type: Article

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