Air Medical Journal
Volume 26, Issue 3 , Pages 126-129 , May 2007

Measurement issues

  • Cheryl Bagley Thompson, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Cheryl Bagley Thompson, PhD, RN, is an assistant dean of informatics and learning technologies and director of the 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 professor of emergency medicine and clinical toxicology and director of clinical trials at the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California.

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 Editors' note: This article is the sixth 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(07)00020-X

doi: 10.1016/j.amj.2007.02.001

Air Medical Journal
Volume 26, Issue 3 , Pages 126-129 , May 2007

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