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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Language: | English |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2008-12-01
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Series: | Iranian Journal of Public Health |
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Online Access: | https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/2010 |