Matched case-control studies: A review of reported statistical methodology

Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-110

  Niven, Daniel J ^a   Berthiaume, Luc R ^a   Fick, Gordon H ^b   Laupland, Kevin B ^a  

^a Peter Lougheed Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case control; Dependent data; Matched; Statistics

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASES; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEOPLASM; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84860851708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/clep.s30816     Document Type: Review

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