Control response proportions in population-based case-control studies in Germany

Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-183

  Stang, Andreas ^a   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^b   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Case control studies; Epidemiologic methods; Germany; Meta analysis; Pooled analysis; Response rates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERMANY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0032964423     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199903000-00017     Document Type: Article

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