Uncontrolled before-after studies: Discouraged by Cochrane and the EMJ

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 507-508

  Goodacre, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZATION; SELECTION BIAS; DRUG UTILIZATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEPHALOSPORINS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS;

EID: 84932196494     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2015-204761     Document Type: Editorial

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