Increased precision using countermatching in nested case-control studies

Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 238-242

  Steenland, Kyle ^a   Deddens, James A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

case control studies; countermatching; epidemiologic methods; study design

Indexed keywords

GOLD; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLING; SILICOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030935491     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199705000-00002     Document Type: Article

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