Data interpretation in breath biomarker research: Pitfalls and directions

Journal of Breath Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Miekisch, Wolfram ^a   Herbig, Jens ^b   Schubert, Jochen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b Ionimed Analytik GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREATH ANALYSIS; BREATHING MECHANICS; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENDER; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SMOKING; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MISCONCEPTIONS IN THE STUDY DESIGN; STUDY DESIGN; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOODOO CORRELATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREATH TESTS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84864936909     PISSN: 17527155     EISSN: 17527163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1752-7155/6/3/036007     Document Type: Article

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