Design and methodological characteristics of studies using observational routinely collected health data for investigating the link between cancer and neurodegenerative diseases: protocol for a meta-research study

• Brian Hutton,
• Ferrán Catalá-López,
• Adolfo Alonso-Arroyo,
• Matthew J Page,
• Manuel Ridao,
• Rafael Tabarés-Seisdedos,
• Enrique Bernal-Delgado,
• Jane A Driver,
• Clara Berrozpe-Villabona,
• Cristina A Fraga-Medín,
• Alfonso Valencia

Affiliations

Brian Hutton

Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ferrán Catalá-López

National School of Public Health, Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain

Adolfo Alonso-Arroyo

12 Department of History of Science and Documentation, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Matthew J Page

4 School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Manuel Ridao

7 Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud (IACS), Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas (REDISSEC), Zaragoza, Spain

Rafael Tabarés-Seisdedos

Department of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Enrique Bernal-Delgado

7 Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud (IACS), Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas (REDISSEC), Zaragoza, Spain

Jane A Driver

New England GRECC, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Clara Berrozpe-Villabona

Miguel Servet University Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain

Cristina A Fraga-Medín

National Library of Health Sciences, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Alfonso Valencia

Life Sciences Department, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain