Commentary: On representativenes

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1014-1015

  Mark Elwood, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL STUDY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; INTERNAL VALIDITY; KNOWLEDGE; NOTE; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SAMPLING; STUDY DESIGN; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 84884741106     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyt101     Document Type: Note

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