Issues of reporting in observational studies in veterinary medicine

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 323-330

  Sargeant, Jan M ^a   O'Connor, Annette M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Reporting guidelines; STROBE statement; Veterinary observational studies

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PUBLISHING; REPORTING GUIDELINES; STANDARD; STROBE STATEMENT; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VETERINARY OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES;

REPORTING GUIDELINES; STROBE STATEMENT; VETERINARY OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 84893757853     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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