The Cancer, Lifestyle and Evaluation of Risk Study (CLEAR): Rationale and design of an unmatched "case-spouse control" study of over 10,000 participants in New South Wales, Australia

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 414-423

  Sitas, F ^a,b,c   Yap, S ^a   Egger, S ^a   Christian, K ^a   Hodgkinson, V ^a   Barton, M ^d   Banks, E ^e,f   Canfell, K ^d   O'Connell, D L ^a,b,c,g   Nair Shalliker, V ^a,b  

^a CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e The Australian National University   (Australia)

^f SAX INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Biobank; Birthplace; BMI; Cancer; Case control design; Case spouse control design; Control selection; Family history; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RESEARCH; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SMOKING HABIT; SPOUSE; STUDY DESIGN; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; LIFESTYLE; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929955411     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2015.03.006     Document Type: Article

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