Competing risk bias was common in a prominent medical journal

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 80, Issue , 2016, Pages 135-136

  Schumacher, Martin ^a   Ohneberg, Kristin ^a   Beyersmann, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PUBLICATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL BIAS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; RISK;

BIAS; RISK;

EID: 85003955413     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.07.013     Document Type: Letter

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