Selection of controls in case-control studies: I. Principles

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 135, Issue 9, 1992, Pages 1019-1028

  Wacholder, Sholom ^a   Mclaughlin, Joseph K ^a   Silverman, Debra T ^a   Mandel, Jack S ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

(epidemiology); Epidemiologic methods; Prospective studies; Retrospective studies

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK; SAMPLING; SCREENING; SEROCONVERSION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 0026680681     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116396     Document Type: Article

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