Observational etiologic research: Part 3 - Case-control studies: It's all about the source population

Transfusion

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-16

  Middelburg, Rutger A ^a,b   Wiersum Osselton, Johanna C ^c   Van De Watering, Leo M G ^a,b   Van Der Bom, Johanna G ^a,b  

^a SANQUIN RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c TRIP Transfusion Reactions in Patients Dutch National Hemovigilance Office   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHECKLIST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; TRANSFUSION RELATED ACUTE LUNG INJURY; VALIDITY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHECKLIST; CONTROL GROUPS; DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 84887816142     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.12415     Document Type: Article

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