Graphics and statistics for cardiology: Designing effective tables for presentation and publication

Heart

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 192-200

  Boers, Maarten ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Medical Education; Statistics And Study Design

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG INDUSTRY; HUMAN; PUBLICATION; READING; REVIEW; SAFETY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STUDY DESIGN; DOCUMENTATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLISHING; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CARDIOLOGY; COMMUNICATION; DATA DISPLAY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOCUMENTATION; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING;

EID: 85047255748     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2017-311581     Document Type: Review

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