Do cases and controls matched on the first eight digits of their telephone number share geographic proximity and socioeconomic characteristics?

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 299-304

  Voigt, Lynda F ^a,b   Davis, Scott ^a,b   Koepsell, Thomas D ^b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Case Control Studies; Epidemiologic Methods; Random Digit Dialing

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEPHONE;

AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTROL GROUPS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TELEPHONE; WASHINGTON;

EID: 33644965059     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2005.06.050     Document Type: Article

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