The case-cohort design in outbreak investigations

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 25, 2012, Pages

  Le Polain de Waroux, O ^a,b   Maguire, H ^a,b   Moren, A ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c EPICONCEPT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE COHORT DESIGN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; FOOD POISONING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; POPULATION RISK; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84862849243     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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