Use of causal language in observational studies of obesity and nutrition

Obesity Facts

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 353-356

  Cofield, Stacey S ^a   Corona, Rachel V ^a   Allison, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal language; Epidemiology; Nutrition; Obesity; Observational studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDITOR; FUNDING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WRITTEN LANGUAGE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIBLIOMETRICS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; OBESITY; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 78650928108     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322940     Document Type: Article

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