Improving the efficiency of nested case-control studies of interaction by selecting controls using counter matching on exposure

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 485-492

  Cologne, John B ^a   Sharp, Gerald B ^a   Neriishi, Kazuo ^a   Verkasalo, Pia K ^b   Land, Charles E ^c   Nakachi, Kei ^a  

^a RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Counter matching; Matching; Nested case control studies; Probability sample; Radiation effects

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

CANCER; ESTROGEN; NUCLEAR WEAPON; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; BREAST CANCER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 3242880496     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh097     Document Type: Article

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