Differential recall bias and spurious associations in case/control studies

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 2603-2616

  Barry, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COTININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0029803614     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19961215)15:23<2603::AID-SIM371>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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