Air Medical Journal
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Page 184 , September 2006

Reviewing the literature

  • Cheryl Bagley Thompson, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cheryl Bagley Thompson, RN, PhD, is an associate professor, Director of the Health Informatics Program, and Assistant Dean for Informatics and Learning Technologies at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Nursing, in Omaha, Nebraska
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  • Edward A. Panacek, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Edward A. Panacek, MD, MPH, is professor of emergency medicine and director of clinical trials at the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California

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 Editors' note: This manuscript is a revision of an article previously published in Air Medical Journal. It is also the second in a multipart series designed to improve the knowledge base of our readers, particularly novices, in the area of clinical research. A better understanding of these principles should help in reading and understanding the application of published studies. It should also help those involved in beginning their own research projects.

PII: S1067-991X(06)00224-0

doi: 10.1016/j.amj.2006.07.002

Air Medical Journal
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Page 184 , September 2006

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