The quality of modern cross-sectional ecologic studies: A bibliometric review

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 174, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1101-1107

  Dufault, Brenden ^a   Klar, Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cross sectional studies; ecological models; epidemiologic methods; research design; review

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GUIDELINE; LITERATURE REVIEW; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOSTATISTICS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NATURAL SCIENCE; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS;

EID: 80655144778     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr241     Document Type: Review

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