Bias due to differential participation in case-control studies and review of available approaches for adjustment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Aigner, Annette ^a   Grittner, Ulrike ^b   Becher, Heiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONRESPONSE BIAS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SELECTION BIAS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS; SELECTION BIAS; STROKE;

EID: 85041129075     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191327     Document Type: Article

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