Should we use a case-crossover design?

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue , 2000, Pages 193-221

  Maclure, M ^a   Mittleman, M A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control; Cohort; Matching; Study base; Triggers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SAMPLING STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033927559     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.21.1.193     Document Type: Article

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