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Medical Editor Jigisha Patel, MRCP PhD
In-house Editor Iratxe Puebla
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BMC Medical Research Methodology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in methodological approaches to healthcare research. Articles on the methodology of epidemiological research, clinical trials and meta-analysis/systematic review are particularly encouraged, as are empirical studies of the associations between choice of methodology and study outcomes. BMC Medical Research Methodology does not aim to publish articles describing scientific methods or techniques: these should be directed to the BMC journal covering the relevant biomedical subject area.
BMC Medical Research Methodology (ISSN 1471-2288) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Thomson Scientific (ISI) and Google Scholar.
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BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8 :21
Although meta-ethnography offers a useful methodology for the synthesis of qualitative research, its application to the study of adherence to tuberculosis treatment highlights a number of methodological and epistemological challenges which must still be addressed.
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8 :8
The harvest plot is a novel method to graphically synthesize data for systematic reviews that include diverse groups of studies and allows the synthesis of evidence about the differential effects of population-level interventions.
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2007, 7 :50
Comparison of data obtained from telephone interviews and self-administered questionnaires revealed that the data obtained are mostly equivalent, although there were differences in reported mental status scores depending on which survey mode was administered first.
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Bayes rules for optimally using Bayesian hierarchical regression models in provider profiling to identify high-mortality hospitals Peter C Austin BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8 :30 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Examining intra-rater and inter-rater response agreement: A medical chart abstraction study of a community-based asthma care program Teresa To, Eileen Estrabillo, Chengning Wang, Lisa Cicutto BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8 :29 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Comparison of Generalized Estimating Equations and Quadratic Inference Functions Using Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) Database Adefowope Odueyungbo, Dillon Browne, Noori Akhtar-Danesh, Lehana Thabane BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8 :28 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Determinants of participation in a longitudinal two-stage study
of the health consequences of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant accident
Lin T Guey, Evelyn J Bromet, Semyon F Gluzman, Victoria Zakhozha, Vlodomyr Paniotto BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8 :27 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Responsiveness of five condition-specific and generic outcome assessment instruments for chronic pain Felix Angst, Martin L Verra, Susanne Lehmann, Andre Aeschlimann BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8 :26 (25 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Retrievability in The Danish National Hospital Registry of HIV and hepatitis B and C coinfection diagnoses of patients managed in HIV centers 1995-2004. Niels Obel, Hanne Reinholdt, Lars H. Omland, Frederik Engsig, Henrik T Sorensen, Ann-Brit E. Hansen BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8 :25 (25 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Comparison of two dependent within subject coefficients of variation to evaluate the reproducibility of measurement devices Mohamed M Shoukri, Dilek Colak, Namik Kaya, Allan Donner BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8 :24 (22 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A markov model to evaluate hospital readmission Nicola Bartolomeo, Paolo Trerotoli, Annamaria Moretti, Gabriella Serio BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8 :23 (22 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Recommendations by Cochrane Review Groups for assessment of the risk of bias in studies Andreas Lundh, Peter C G BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8 :22 (21 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Conducting a meta-ethnography of qualitative literature: Lessons learnt Salla Atkins, Simon Lewin, Helen Smith, Mark Engel, Atle Fretheim, Jimmy Volmink BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8 :21 (16 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Does delayed measurement affect patient reports of provider performance? Implications for performance measurement of medical assistance with tobacco cessation: A Dental PBRN study Thomas K Houston, Joshua S Richman, Heather L Coley, Midge N Ray, Jeroan J Allison, Gregg H Gilbert, Judith S Gordon, Catarina I Kiefe, D PBRN Collaborative Group BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8 :100 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Estrogen and progesterone receptor levels in nonneoplastic breast epithelium of breast cancer cases versus benign breast biopsy controls Christy G Woolcott, Sandip K SenGupta, Wedad M Hanna, Kristan J Aronson BMC Cancer 2008, 8 :130 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Autoantibodies as potential biomarkers for breast cancer Li Zhong, Kun Ge, Jin-chi Zu, Long-hua Zhao, Wei-ke Shen, Jian-fei Wang, Xiao-gang Zhang, Xu Gao, Wanping Hu, Yun Yen, Kemp H Kernstine Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10 :R40 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The pregnancy-associated glycoprotein-hormones activin A and inhibin A interfere with dendritic cell maturation Sabine E Segerer, Nora Mueller, Jens van den Brandt, Michaela Kapp, Johannes Dietl, Holger M Reichardt, Lorenz Rieger, Ulrike Kammerer Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2008, 6 :17 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A systematic review of tests for lymph node status in primary endometrial cancer Tara J Selman, Christopher H Mann, Javier Zamora, Khalid S Khan BMC Women's Health 2008, 8 :8 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Pearls and perils of an implantable defibrillator trial using a common control:
implications for the design of future studies
Peter J Kudenchuk, Alfred P Hallstrom Trials 2008, 9 :24 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Whole tumor antigen vaccination using dendritic cells: Comparison of RNA electroporation and pulsing with UV-irradiated tumor cells Fabian Benencia, Maria C Courreges, George Coukos Journal of Translational Medicine 2008, 6 :21 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A high sensitivity assay for the inflammatory marker C-reactive protein employing acoustic biosensing Jeffrey D McBride, Matthew A Cooper Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2008, 6 :5 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Rare ileal localisation of angiolipoma presenting as chronic haemorrhage and severe anaemia: a case report Nicola Della Volpe, Luigi Bianco, Claudio Bonuso, Mario Annecchiarico, Pierino Di Silverio, Assunta Caiazza Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008, 2 :129 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Determination of nitric oxide metabolites, nitrate and nitrite, in Anopheles culicifacies mosquito midgut and haemolymph by anion exchange high-performance liquid chromatography: plausible mechanism of refractoriness Arun Sharma, Kamaraju Raghavendra, Tridibesh Adak, Aditya P Dash Malaria Journal 2008, 7 :71 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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