On the validity of the case-time-control design for autocorrelated exposure histories

Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 110-113

  Jensen, Aksel Karl Georg ^a   Gerds, Thomas Alexander ^a   Weeke, Peter ^b   Torp Pedersen, Christian ^b   Andersen, Per Kragh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE TIME CONTROL DESIGN; EXPOSURE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; VALIDITY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84890061751     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000001     Document Type: Article

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