Commentary: Representativeness is usually not necessary and often should be avoided

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1018-1022

  Richiardi, Lorenzo ^a   Pizzi, Costanza ^a,b   Pearce, Neil ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NOTE; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; VOLUNTEER;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 84884775781     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyt103     Document Type: Note

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