Case-crossover designs compared with dynamic follow-up designs

Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 176-178

  Maclure, Malcolm ^a,b,c   Mittleman, Murray A ^b,d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 39149104947     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e318162afb9     Document Type: Note

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