title: Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Finkenhubelweg 11, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland. strobe@ispm.unibe.ch
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: von Elm
authors.forename: Douglas G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Altman
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Egger
authors.forename: Stuart J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Pocock
authors.forename: Peter C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Gøtzsche
authors.forename: Jan P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Vandenbroucke
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods*; D015984:Causality; D032921:Consensus; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D019370:Observation