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Editorial Board page CO2 Full-Text PDF (16 KB)
Table of Contents pages iii-iv Full-Text PDF (44 KB)
Commentary
Interpreting observational studies—look before you leap, 24 May 2006 Anthony A. Bavry, Deepak L. Bhatt pages 763-764 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (53 KB)
Review Articles
Quality assessment of observational studies is not commonplace in systematic reviews, 28 May 2006 Christian Mallen, George Peat, Peter Croft pages 765-769 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (87 KB)
Summaries of findings, descriptions of interventions, and information about adverse effects would make reviews more informative, 28 May 2006 Claire Glenton, Vigdis Underland, Michelle Kho, Victoria Pennick, Andrew D. Oxman pages 770-778 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (247 KB)
Family practices registration networks contributed to primary care research, 22 June 2006 Chris van Weel, Wim de Grauw pages 779-783 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (105 KB)
A review finds that multicenter studies face substantial challenges but strategies exist to achieve Institutional Review Board approval, 17 March 2006 Sarah M. Greene, Ann M. Geiger pages 784-790 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (123 KB)
Original Articles
Health care utilization: measurement using primary care records and patient recall both showed bias, 26 May 2006 Kelvin Jordan, Clare Jinks, Peter Croft pages 791-797.e2 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (124 KB)
Post hoc choice of cut points introduced bias to diagnostic research, 26 May 2006 Ben Ewald pages 798-801 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (73 KB)
Administrative data accurately identified intensive care unit admissions in Ontario, 27 March 2006 Damon C. Scales, Jun Guan, Claudio M. Martin, Donald A. Redelmeier pages 802-807 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (132 KB)
Four different study designs to evaluate vaccine safety were equally validated with contrasting limitations, 17 March 2006 Jason M. Glanz, David L. McClure, Stanley Xu, Simon J. Hambidge, Martin Lee, Margarette S. Kolczak, Ken Kleinman, John P. Mullooly, Eric K. France pages 808-818 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (296 KB)
Selective prescribing led to overestimation of the benefits of lipid-lowering drugs, 26 May 2006 Robert J. Glynn, Sebastian Schneeweiss, Philip S. Wang, Raia Levin, Jerry Avorn pages 819-828 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (141 KB)
Predictors identified for losses to follow-up among HIV-seropositive patients, 28 May 2006 Emilie Lanoy, Murielle Mary-Krause, Pierre Tattevin, Rosemary Dray-Spira, Claudine Duvivier, Patricia Fischer, Yolande Obadia, France Lert, Dominique Costagliola, the Clinical Epidemiology Group of the French Hospital Database on HIV infection pages 829-835.e1 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (179 KB)
The SCREEN I (Seniors in the Community: Risk Evaluation for Eating and Nutrition) index adequately represents nutritional risk, 26 May 2006 Heather H. Keller pages 836-841 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (130 KB)
Peering at peer review revealed high degree of chance associated with funding of grant applications, 27 March 2006 Nancy E. Mayo, James Brophy, Mark S. Goldberg, Marina B. Klein, Sydney Miller, Robert W. Platt, Judith Ritchie pages 842-848 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (170 KB)
Brief Reports
A user's guide to selecting a comorbidity index for clinical research, 26 May 2006 Stephen F. Hall pages 849-855 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (122 KB)
International classification of diseases and current procedural terminology codes underestimated thrombolytic use for ischemic stroke, 26 May 2006 Adnan I. Qureshi, Pansy Harris-Lane, Faisal Siddiqi, Jawad F. Kirmani pages 856-858 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (66 KB)
The kappa statistic was representative of empirically observed inter-rater agreement for physical findings, 26 May 2006 Marc H. Gorelick, Kenneth Yen pages 859-861 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (91 KB)
Clinicians didn't reliably distinguish between different causes of cardiac death using case histories, 26 May 2006 Jonathan Mant, Sue Wilson, Jayne Parry, Pam Bridge, Richard Wilson, Will Murdoch, Terry Quirke, Michael Davies, Michael Gammage, Rebecca Harrison, Adrian Warfield pages 862-867 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (105 KB)
Letters to the Editor
Comment on ‘Pain patients in a randomized trial did not show a significant effect of a positive consultation’, 24 May 2006 Peter Lucassen, Eric van Rijswijk, Tim olde Hartman, Machteld Borghuis page 868 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (54 KB)
Reassurance that there is no serious disease seems essential in the development of benign pain complaints, 26 May 2006 Arnoud Arntz pages 868-869 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (62 KB)
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