Too much information: Research issues associated with large databases

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 73-80

  Talbert, Steven ^a   Sole, Mary Lou ^b  

^a ORLANDO HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

administrative database; registries; research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING RESEARCH; REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873892215     PISSN: 08876274     EISSN: 15389782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NUR.0b013e3182819111     Document Type: Article

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