An empirical investigation of exposure measurement bias and its components in case-control studies

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 547-550

  Marshall, Roger J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic methods; Misclassification; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORY;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033151648     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(99)00028-1     Document Type: Article

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