Is representativeness the right question?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 631-632

  Schooling, C Mary ^a   Jones, Heidi E ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETICS; HEALTH; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LETTER; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC CORONARY RISK EVALUATION SYSTEM;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 84899855942     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyt264     Document Type: Letter

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