Alternative approaches to analytical designs in occupational injury epidemiology

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-141

  Mittleman, Murray A ^a,b,f   Maldonado, George ^c   Gerberich, Susan G ^c   Smith, Gordon S ^d   Sorock, Gary S ^e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^f BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control; Case crossover; Injury; Methodology; Occupational

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POPULATION RISK; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030985268     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199708)32:2<129::AID-AJIM4>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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