Time-window bias in case-control studies: Statins and lung cancer

Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 228-231

  Suissa, Samy ^a,b   Dell'Aniello, Sophie ^a   Vahey, Sarah ^a   Renoux, Christel ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 79951576682     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3182093a0f     Document Type: Article

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