Appending epidemiological studies to conventional case-control studies (hybride case-control studies)

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 527-532

  Stang, Andreas ^a   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Cross sectional studies; Epidemiological methods

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CANCER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; COMPREHENSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; PERSONNEL; PREDICTION; SMOKING; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 3442877207     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EJEP.0000032380.03554.9f     Document Type: Article

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