The case-crossover design: A method for studying transient effects on the risk of acute events

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 144-153

  Maclure, Malcolm ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Crossover studies; Epidemiologic methods; Statistics

Indexed keywords

THEOPHYLLINE;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMAN; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0025975160     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115853     Document Type: Article

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