Problems in using incidence to analyze risk factors in follow-up studies

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 581-584

  Pekkanen, J ^a,b   Sunyer, J ^c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bias; Cohort studies; Incidence; Misclassification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ASTHMA; CAUSALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 51749090408     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-008-9280-0     Document Type: Article

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