The REporting of studies Conducted using Observational Routinely-collected health Data (RECORD) Statement

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Benchimol, Eric I ^a,b   Smeeth, Liam ^c   Guttmann, Astrid ^b,d   Harron, Katie ^c   Moher, David ^e,f   Peteresen, Irene ^g   Sørensen, Henrik T ^h   von Elm, Erik ⁱ   Langan, Sinéad M ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA BASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; REGISTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RESEARCH; STANDARDS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHECKLIST; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH REPORT;

EID: 84946077182     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001885     Document Type: Article

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