Factors influencing the optimal control-to-case ratio in matched case- control studies

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 195-197

  Hennessy, Sean ^a   Bilker, Warren B ^a   Berlin, Jesse A ^a   Strom, Brian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Matched pair analysis; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033555939     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009786     Document Type: Article

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