The new world of data linkages in clinical epidemiology: Are we being brave or foolhardy?

Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 292-294

  Weiss, Noel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; COST; DATA BASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLINICAL MEDICINE; DATABASES AS TOPIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955072737     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e318210aca5     Document Type: Article

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