Opportunities and pitfalls of registry data for clinical research

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 141-145

  Psoter, Kevin J ^a   Rosenfeld, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Clinical epidemiology; Paediatric; Registry; Retrospective studies; Study design

Indexed keywords

PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

BIAS; CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; PAEDIATRIC; REGISTRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDY DESIGN;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 84881530579     PISSN: 15260542     EISSN: 15260550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2013.04.004     Document Type: Review

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