Case-control designs in the study of common diseases: Updates on the demise of the rare disease assumption and the choice of sampling scheme for controls

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 205-213

  Rodrigues, Laura ^a   Kirkwood, Betty R ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ODDS RATIO; RISK;

EID: 0025216494     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/19.1.205     Document Type: Article

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