Reader's guide to critical appraisal of cohort studies: 1. Role and design Journal Articles

abstract

• Cohort studies can provide valuable information unavailable from randomised trials, but readers need to be alert to possible flaws

authors

• Rochon, Paula A
• Gurwitz, Jerry H
• Sykora, Kathy
• Mamdani, Muhammad
• Streiner, David Lloyd
• Garfinkel, Susan
• Normand, Sharon-Lise T
• Geoffrey, M

status

• published 

publication date

• April 16, 2005

has subject area

• 1103 Clinical Sciences (FoR)
• 1117 Public Health and Health Services (FoR)
• Cohort Studies (MeSH)
• General & Internal Medicine (Science Metrix)
• Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic (MeSH)
• Research Design (MeSH)
• Selection Bias (MeSH)

published in

• The BMJ  Journal

keywords

• Cohort Studies
• Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
• Research Design
• Selection Bias

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.895

start page

• 895

end page

• 897

volume

• 330

issue

• 7496