| Course file - Author(s) |
References, relevant online documents and resources |
| Literature search and referral to biomedical documents |
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| GQuery - PubMed - MEDLINE - Aldo Campana |
Internet and PubMed/Medline - Aldo Campana |
| Searching PubMed - Aldo Campana |
Internet and PubMed/Medline - Aldo Campana |
| Biomedical journals - Instructions for authors - Aldo Campana |
Citing Medicine - NCBI Bookshelf
ICMJE: International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
Mulford Library: Instructions to Authors |
| WHO Library - Tomas Allen |
Cochrane Collaboration
Cochrane Library
Google Scholar
PubMed
WHO Library and Information Networks for Knowledge |
| Epidemiologic studies |
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| Epidemiologic studies - Karim Abawi |
Aschengrau A, Seage GR. Essentials of Epidemiology in Public Health. Second ed. Jones & Bartlett Publishers; 2008.
Epi Glossary | CDC Reproductive Health.
Clinical Epidemiology Glossary. Evidence Based Medicine Toolkit. |
| Cohort studies - Nguyen Thi My Huong |
Rochon PA, Gurwitz JH, Sykora K, Mamdani M, Streiner DL, Garfinkel S, Normand ST, Anderson GM. Reader's guide to critical appraisal of cohort studies: 1. Role and design. BMJ. 2005 Apr 16;330(7496):895-7.
Mamdani M, Sykora K, Li P, Normand ST, Streiner DL, Austin PC, Rochon PA, Anderson GM. Reader's guide to critical appraisal of cohort studies: 2. Assessing potential for confounding. BMJ. 2005 Apr 23;330(7497):960-2.
Normand ST, Sykora K, Li P, Mamdani M, Rochon PA, Anderson GM. Readers guide to critical appraisal of cohort studies: 3. Analytical strategies to reduce confounding. BMJ. 2005 Apr 30;330(7498):1021-3.
Thadhani R, Tonelli M. Cohort studies: marching forward. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2006 Sep;1(5):1117-23. |
| Case-control studies - Lale Say |
Rutjes AWS, Reitsma JB, Vandenbroucke JP, Glas AS, Bossuyt PMM. Case-control and two-gate designs in diagnostic accuracy studies. Clin. Chem. 2005 Aug;51(8):1335-41.
Lee W, Bindman J, Ford T, Glozier N, Moran P, Stewart R, Hotopf M. Bias in psychiatric case-control studies: literature survey. Br J Psychiatry. 2007 Mar;190204-209. |
| Randomized clinical trials - Mario Merialdi |
The Lancet epidemiology series - Grimes DA, Schulz KF |
| Population surveys - Lale Say |
The DHS Program
United Nations Statistics Division - Household Surveys in Developing Countries
Thrift AG. Design and Methods of Population Surveys. Neuroepidemiology. 2010 Mar 18;34(4):267-9. |
| Guidelines, systematic reviews |
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| Systematic review - Karim Abawi |
Cochrane Collaboration
Joanna Briggs Institute
Campbell Collaboration
Centre for Evidence-based Medicine
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Bandolier
PubMed Clinical Queries |
| Screening |
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| Screening - Mario Merialdi |
Deeks JJ. Systematic reviews in health care: Systematic reviews of evaluations of diagnostic and screening tests. BMJ. 2001 Jul 21;323(7305):157-62.
Rutjes AWS, Reitsma JB, Coomarasamy A, Khan KS, Bossuyt PMM. Evaluation of diagnostic tests when there is no gold standard. A review of methods. Health Technol Assess. 2007 Dec;11(50):iii, ix–51. |
| Qualitative research |
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| Introduction to qualitative research - Khalifa Elmusharaf |
TQR Community Qualitative Research Resources
Online QDA |
| Qualitative sampling techniques - Khalifa Elmusharaf |
TQR Community Qualitative Research Resources
Online QDA |
| Qualitative data collection techniques - Khalifa Elmusharaf |
TQR Community Qualitative Research Resources
Online QDA |
| Qualitative research approaches - Khalifa Elmusharaf |
TQR Community Qualitative Research Resources
Online QDA |
| Health behavior |
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| Introduction to health behavioral theories - Ling-Yen Pan |
Glanz K, Rimer BK. Theory at a Glance: A Guide for Health Promotion Practice. National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH Pub. No. 05-3896. Washington, DC: NIH, Revised September 2005. |