Case-crossover analyses of air pollution exposure data: Referent selection strategies and their implications for bias

Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 717-726

  Janes, Holly ^a   Sheppard, Lianne ^a   Lumley, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AIR POLLUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 27944439716     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000181315.18836.9d     Document Type: Review

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