Bias in case-control studies

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 279-281

  Davies, Huw T O ^a   Crombie, Lain K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 0034170589     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hosp.2000.61.4.1875     Document Type: Article

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