STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology - Molecular Epidemiology (STROBE-ME): An extension of the STROBE statement

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-16

  Gallo, Valentina ^a,b   Egger, Matthias ^c   Mccormack, Valerie ^d   Farmer, Peter B ^e   Ioannidis, John P A ^f,g   Kirsch Volders, Micheline ^h   Matullo, Giuseppe ^i,j   Phillips, David H ^k   Schoket, Bernadette ^l   Stromberg, Ulf ^m   Vermeulen, Roel ⁿ   Wild, Christopher ^d   Porta, Miquel ^o   Vineis, Paolo ^a,i  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^h VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

ⁱ Human Genetics Foundation   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^k INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^l NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Hungary)

^m LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁿ UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^o UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; EDETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHECKLIST; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; OBSERVATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 83155175109     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2011.02561.x     Document Type: Article

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