The Evaluation of Matching in a Case-Control Study of Colorectal Cancer Using General Practice Lists

Background: A crucial part of a case-control study is the selection of a sample of controls that represent the base-popula­tion from which cases were drawn. Controls may be matched to cases by one or more potentially important confounding vari­ables, such as socioeconomic status. In the United Kingd...

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Main Authors: M Movahedi, T Bishop, JH Barrett, GR Law
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2008-12-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/2010