Case-control studies in clinical research: Mechanism and prevention of selection bias

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5 I, 1997, Pages 674-677

  Morabia, Alfredo ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Case control study; Cohort study; Sampling; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COHORT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030964734     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1997.0189     Document Type: Article

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