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Study Characteristics > Clinical Study > Observational Study

Preferred term

Observational Study  

Type

  • Publication Type

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Natural Experiment Study
  • Naturalistic Observation Study

Note

  • this heading is used as a Publication Type; for original report of the conduct or results of a specific observational study; a different heading OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC is used for general design, methodology, economics, etc. of observational studies

Scope note

  • A work that reports on the results of a clinical study in which participants may receive diagnostic, therapeutic, or other types of interventions, but the investigator does not assign participants to specific interventions (as in an interventional study).

History note

  • 2014

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D064888

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