Reporting of limitations of observational research

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1571-1572

  Wang, Michael T M ^a   Bolland, Mark J ^a   Grey, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; METHODOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CAUSALITY; INTERNAL MEDICINE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84941211316     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.2147     Document Type: Letter

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