The methodology of self-controlled case series studies

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-26

  Whitaker, Heather J ^a   Hocine, Mounia N ^a   Farrington, C Paddy ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTISM; BELL PALSY; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARAMETRIC TEST; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUDDEN DEATH;

BIOMETRY; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; RESEARCH DESIGN; THROMBOCYTHEMIA, ESSENTIAL;

EID: 58849150724     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280208092342     Document Type: Article

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