Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 59, Issue 9 , Pages 887-892 , September 2006

Finding information about the burden of disease

  • Peter Tugwell

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Global Health, Institute for Population Health, University of Ottawa, One Stewart Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: 613-562-5660; fax: 613-562-5659.
    • ,
  • Jessie McGowan

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

,Accepted 18 May 2006.

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☆ Based on Chapter 3 of Haynes RB, Sackett DL, Guyatt GH, Tugwell P. Clinical epidemiology: how to do clinical practice research. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams, Wilkins; 2005:49–58. With permission of the publisher.

PII: S0895-4356(06)00205-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.05.005

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 59, Issue 9 , Pages 887-892 , September 2006

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