Selection of control groups by using a commercial database and random digit dialing

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 585-592

  Olson, Sara H ^a   Mignone, Laura ^a   Harlap, Susan ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Databases; Epidemiologic methods; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; OVARY CANCER; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034666430     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/152.6.585     Document Type: Article

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