Back to the basics: Epidemiology in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Abigail Fraser*, Leonard Leibovici, David S. Reeves, Alan Johnson

*Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    Good epidemiological methods and appropriate statistical analysis are cornerstones of any valid, reliable and publishable epidemiological study. This editorial summarizes epidemiological studies published in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (12 issues, May 2005--April 2006) with respect to study objective, type and design. A significant proportion of these studies started off with a single study group. Drawing on this finding, various methodological aspects of choosing a sampling frame and of sampling methods are reviewed.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)489-491
    Number of pages3
    JournalJournal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
    Volume58
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Sept 2006

    Keywords

    • Epidemiological studies
    • Methodologies
    • Sampling frames
    • Sampling methods
    • Statistics

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