Assessing bias in studies of prognostic factors

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 280-286

  Hayden, Jill A ^a   van der Windt, Danielle A ^b   Cartwright, Jennifer L ^a   Côté, Pierre ^c   Bombardier, Claire ^d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^d TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874589569     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-158-4-201302190-00009     Document Type: Review

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