Analysis of a two-stage case-control study with cluster sampling of controls: Application to nonmelanoma skin cancer

Biometrics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 190-198

  Fears, Thomas R ^a   Gail, Mitchell H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control study; Population based case control study; Pseudolikelihood; Skin cancer; Survey sampling; Two phase case control study; Ultraviolet radiation.

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGY; DISEASES;

CASE-CONTROL STUDY; POPULATION-BASED CASE-CONTROL STUDY; PSEUDO-LIKELIHOOD; SKIN CANCERS; SURVEY SAMPLINGS; TWO PHASE; TWO-PHASE CASE-CONTROL STUDY;; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION.;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; POPULATION; SAMPLING; SKIN CANCER; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0034116119     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2000.00190.x     Document Type: Article

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