Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 60, Issue 8 , Pages 819-824 , August 2007

Survey among 78 studies showed that Lasagna's law holds in Dutch primary care research

  • Johannes C. van der Wouden

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, Erasmus MC – University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Erasmus MC – University Medical Center Rotterdam, General practice, Room Ff305, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, Netherlands. Tel.: +31104087611; fax: +31104089491.
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  • Annette H. Blankenstein

      Affiliations

    • EMGO Institute/Department of General Practice – VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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  • Marcus J.H. Huibers

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, University of Maastricht, Netherlands
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  • Danielle A.W.M. van der Windt

      Affiliations

    • EMGO Institute/Department of General Practice – VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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  • Wim A.B. Stalman

      Affiliations

    • EMGO Institute/Department of General Practice – VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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  • Arianne P. Verhagen

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, Erasmus MC – University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands

,Accepted 7 November 2006.

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PII: S0895-4356(06)00434-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.11.010

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 60, Issue 8 , Pages 819-824 , August 2007

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