Strengthening the reliability and credibility of observational epidemiology studies by creating an observational studies register

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 481-486

  Swaen, Gerard M H ^a   Carmichael, Neil ^b   Doe, John ^c  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^b European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals   (Belgium)

^c JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Methods; Publication bias; Register; Risk factors; Transparency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DATA REPOSITORY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COCHRANE LIBRARY; HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES REGISTER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; REGISTER; RELIABILITY;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; OBSERVATION; PUBLICATION BIAS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79953272282     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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