Bias in using family history as a risk factor in case-control studies of disease

Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 511-519

  Khoury, Muin J ^a   Flanders, W Dana ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Epidemiologic methods; Familial genetic; Relative risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029121553     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199509000-00009     Document Type: Article

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