Hospital or population controls for case-control studies of severe childhood diseases?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 176-182

  Infante Rivard, Claire ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bias (epidemiology); Case control studies; Child; Epidemiologic methods; Leukemia; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS;

CANADA;

EID: 0037438649     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwf174     Document Type: Article

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