Methodological issues in design and analysis of a matched case-control study of a vaccine's effectiveness

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1127-1131

  Niccolai, Linda M ^a   Ogden, Lorraine G ^b   Muehlenbein, Catherine E ^a   Dziura, James D ^a   Vázquez, Marietta ^a   Shapiro, Eugene D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control study; Effectiveness; Epidemiology methods; Sampling; Statistical methods; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHICKENPOX; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VACCINATION;

AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35148848224     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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