Air Medical Journal
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 18-22 , January 2007

Research study designs: Non-experimental

  • Cheryl Bagley Thompson, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cheryl Bagley Thompson, RN, PhD, is an associate professor, Assistant Dean Informatics and Learning Technologies, and Director of the UNMC Health Informatics Program 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 a 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 article is the fourth in a multipart series designed to improve the knowledge base of 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)00309-9

doi: 10.1016/j.amj.2006.10.003

Air Medical Journal
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 18-22 , January 2007

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