Combined analysis of matched and unmatched case-control studies: Comparison of risk estimates from different studies

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 293-299

  Moreno, Victor ^a,b   Martín, Miguel L ^b   Bosch, F Xavier ^a   De Sanjosé, Silvia ^a   Torres, Ferran ^b   Muñoz, Nubia ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic methods; Interaction; Matching; Regression analysis; Retrospective studies; Risk assessment; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLOMBIA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SMOKING; SPAIN; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030052066     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008741     Document Type: Review

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