A comparison of case-crossover and case-control designs in a study of risk factors for hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome

Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 243-246

  Dixon, Kenneth E ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

bias; case control studies; case crossover design; epidemiologic methods; hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

EID: 0030943681     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199705000-00003     Document Type: Article

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