Selecting controls for assessing interaction in nested case-control studies

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 193-202

  Cologne, John B ^a   Langholz, Bryan ^b  

^a RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic bomb survivor studies; Counter matching; Matching; Models, statistical; Nested case control studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC WARFARE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUCLEAR WARFARE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0141688400     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.13.193     Document Type: Article

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