Why representativeness should be avoided

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1012-1014

  Rothman, Kenneth J ^a,b   Gallacher, John EJ ^c   Hatch, Elizabeth E ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b RTI HEALTH SOLUTIONS   (United States)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; FIRE; KNOWLEDGE; THEORETICAL STUDY; WOOD;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WOOD;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84884804744     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys223     Document Type: Article

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