Response to Rezaeian: Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) extension for ecological studies.
CTU Bern, University of Bern, Finkenhubelweg 11, 3012 Bern, Switzerland. Electronic address: strobe@ispm.unibe.ch.
Myriam
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Cevallos
Department of Epidemiology, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, 170 Rosenau Hall, CB #7400, 135 Dauer Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7400, USA.
Charles
C
Poole
Centre d'épidemiologie clinique, Codirector Cochrane, Switzerland; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) and University of Lausanne, IUMSP - Institut universitaire de médecine sociale et préventive, Biopôle 2, Route de la Corniche 10, CH-1010 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Erik
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von Elm
Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford, Botnar Research Centre, Windmill Road, OX3 7LD Oxford, UK.
Doug
D
Altman
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Finkenhubelweg 11 3012 Bern, Switzerland.
Matthias
M
Egger
D015340:Epidemiologic Research Design; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods*; D019370:Observation / Q000379:methods*