Case-control studies: Basic concepts

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1480-1489

  Vandenbroucke, Jan P ^a   Pearce, Neil ^b,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Dynamic population; Education corner; Methods; Rare disease assumption; Teaching

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; TEACHING;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84867593624     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys147     Document Type: Article

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