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Tolerability of the Oscar 2 ambulatory blood pressure monitor among research participants: a cross-sectional repeated measures study

Anthony J Viera, Kara Lingley, Alan L Hinderliter BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:59 (27 April 2011)

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Comparison of three tests of homogeneity of odds ratios in multicenter trials with unequal sample sizes within and among centers

Zahra Bagheri, Seyyed Mohammad Taghi Ayatollahi, Peyman Jafari BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:58 (26 April 2011)

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Exploratory trials, confirmatory observations: A new reasoning model in the era of patient-centered medicine

José A Sacristán BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:57 (25 April 2011)

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The validation of the standard Chinese version of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Core Questionnaire 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30) in pre-operative patients with brain tumor in China

Jin-xiang Cheng, Bo-lin Liu, Xiang Zhang, Yong-qiang Zhang, Wei Lin, Rui Wang, Yong-qin Zhang, Hong-ying Zhang, Li Xie, Jun-li Huo BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:56 (22 April 2011)

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Instrumental variable meta-analysis of individual patient data: application to adjust for treatment non-compliance

Branko Miladinovic, Ambuj Kumar, Iztok Hozo, Benjamin Djulbegovic BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:55 (21 April 2011)

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Developing the clinical components of a complex intervention for a glaucoma screening trial: a mixed methods study

The Glaucoma screening Platform Study group BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:54 (21 April 2011)

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A multiplicative hazard regression model to assess the risk of disease transmission at hospital during community epidemics

Nicolas Voirin, Sylvain Roche, Philippe Vanhems, Marine Giard, Sandra David-Tchouda, Béatrice Barret, René Ecochard BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:53 (20 April 2011)

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Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of Behçet's disease quality of life questionnaire

Zahi Touma, Lilian Ghandour, Abla Sibai, Houry Puzantian, Ayad Hamdan, Omar Hamdan, Jeanine Menassa, Imad Uthman, Thurayya Arayssi BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:52 (20 April 2011)

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Do agreements between adolescent and parent reports on family socioeconomic status vary with household financial stress?

Christy Pu, Nicole Huang, Yiing-Jenq Chou BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:50 (19 April 2011)

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A flexible Bayesian hierarchical model of preterm birth risk among US Hispanic subgroups in relation to maternal nativity and education

Jay S Kaufman, Richard F MacLehose, Elizabeth A Torrone, David A Savitz BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:51 (19 April 2011)

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Methodological challenges when estimating the effects of season and seasonal exposures on birth outcomes

Linn Strand, Adrian G Barnett, Shilu Tong BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:49 (18 April 2011)

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Estimating uncertainty of alcohol-attributable fractions for infectious and chronic diseases

Gerrit Gmel, Kevin D Shield, Hannah Frick, Tara Kehoe, Gerhard Gmel, Jürgen Rehm BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:48 (17 April 2011)

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Web-based computer adaptive assessment of individual perceptions of job satisfaction for hospital workplace employees

Tsair-Wei Chien, Wen-Pin Lai, Chih-Wei Lu, Weng-Chung Wang, Shih-Chung Chen, Hsien-Yi Wang, Shih-Bin Su BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:47 (17 April 2011)

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The care unit in nursing home research: Evidence in support of a definition

Carole A Estabrooks, Debra G Morgan, Janet E Squires, Anne-Marie Boström, Susan E Slaughter, Greta G Cummings, Peter G Norton BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:46 (14 April 2011)

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Good agreement between questionnaire and administrative databases for health care use and costs in patients with osteoarthritis

Daniel Pinto, M Clare Robertson, Paul Hansen, J Haxby Abbott BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:45 (13 April 2011)

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Parametric methods outperformed non-parametric methods in comparisons of discrete numerical variables

Morten W Fagerland, Leiv Sandvik, Petter Mowinckel BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:44 (13 April 2011)

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Software  

Implementation of workflow engine technology to deliver basic clinical decision support functionality

Vojtech Huser, Luke V Rasmussen, Ryan Oberg, Justin B Starren BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:43 (10 April 2011)

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Validation of de-identified record linkage to ascertain hospital admissions in a cohort study

Alison Beauchamp, Andrew M Tonkin, Helen Kelsall, Vijaya Sundararajan, Dallas R English, Lalitha Sundaresan, Rory Wolfe, Gavin Turrell, Graham G Giles, Anna Peeters BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:42 (8 April 2011)

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Quantifying, displaying and accounting for heterogeneity in the meta-analysis of RCTs using standard and generalised Q statistics

Jack Bowden, Jayne F Tierney, Andrew J Copas, Sarah Burdett BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:41 (7 April 2011)

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Opt-out as an acceptable method of obtaining consent in medical research: a short report

Akke Vellinga, Martin Cormican, Belinda Hanahoe, Kathleen Bennett, Andrew W Murphy BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:40 (6 April 2011)

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The comprehensive cohort model in a pilot trial in orthopaedic trauma

Rebecca S Kearney, Juul Achten, Nick R Parsons, Matthew L Costa BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:39 (5 April 2011)

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Progression of liver cirrhosis to HCC: an application of hidden Markov model

Nicola Bartolomeo, Paolo Trerotoli, Gabriella Serio BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:38 (4 April 2011)

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Can type of school be used as an alternative indicator of socioeconomic status in dental caries studies? A cross-sectional study

Chaiana Piovesan, Monica Pádua, Thiago Ardenghi, Fausto Mendes, Gabriela Bonini BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:37 (2 April 2011)

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Design of cohort studies in chronic diseases using routinely collected databases when a prescription is used as surrogate outcome

Sara Lodi, James Carpenter, Peter Egger, Stephen Evans BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:36 (1 April 2011)

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