Observational and interventional study design types; an overview

Biochemia Medica

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 199-210

  Thiese, Matthew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Observational study; Randomized trials; Study design; Study strengths and weaknesses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECOSYSTEM MONITORING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RISK; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; STUDY DESIGN; TYPES OF STUDY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84902200655     PISSN: 13300962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11613/BM.2014.022     Document Type: Article

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