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The Case-control study : consensus and controversy /
The Case-Control Study: Consensus and Controversy focuses on the history and the evolution of the case-control study, addresses the methodological issues discussed in this book, and presents illustrative studies to examine the problems and opportunities inherent in the method.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
1979.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Journal of chronic diseases ;
volume 32, no. 1/2. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; The Case-Control Study Consensus and Controversy; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents; PREFACE; LIST OF PARTICIPANTS; CHAPTER 1. A CENTURY OF CASE-CONTROL STUDIES: PROGRESS?; REFERENCES; COMMENT; CHAPTER 2. THE EVOLVING CASE-CONTROL STUDY; I. INTRODUCTION; II. CURRENT STATUS; III. STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS; IV. LESSER PROBLEMS; V. GREATER PROBLEMS; VII. SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS; VIII. PROSPECTS; REFERENCES; COMMENT; DISCUSSION FOLLOWING; CHAPTER 3. METHODOLOGIC PROBLEMS AND STANDARDS IN CASE-CONTROL RESEARCH; REFERENCES; COMMENT; REFERENCES; DISCUSSION FOLLOWING.
- CHAPTER 4. BIAS IN ANALYTIC RESEARCHINTRODUCTION; DEFINITIONS AND EXAMPLES; PREVENTION AND MEASUREMENT OF BIAS IN ANALYTIC STUDIES; RESEARCH PRIORITIES; REFERENCES; APPENDIX. A CATALOG OF BIASES; COMMENT; REFERENCES; DISCUSSION FOLLOWING ; CHAPTER 5. CONFIDENCE INTERVALS FOR THE ODDS RATIO IN CASE-CONTROL STUDIES: THE STATE OF THE ART; INTRODUCTION; INTERVALS BASED ON THE SAMPLE ODDS RATIO; INTERVALS BASED ON THE LOGARITHM OF THE ODDS RATIO; SOME STATISTICAL THEORY; CORNFIELD'S APPROXIMATE CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; THE CASE OF g STRATA; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES.
- Appendix. an iterative solution for cornfield's approximate confidence interval for the odds ratiocomment; comment; reference s; chapter 6. case-control studies on the effect of sex steroids on women and their offspring; background; breast disease and oral contraceptives; birth defects and sex hormones; references; comment; discussion following; chapter 7. methodologic variation in case-control studies of reserpine and breast cancer; general features; definitions of disease; definitions of drug exposure; selection of cases and controls; ascertainment of drug exposure.
- CLASSIFICATION OF EXPOSURE DATAOVERVIEW OF THESE REPORTS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; COMMENT; REFERENCES; DISCUSSION FOLLOWING; CHAPTER 8. HIGHLIGHTS OF CONFERENCE; The matter of control selection; Obtaining histories of exposure; The question of matching and post-stratification; Influence upon public policy; CHAPTER 9. FINAL DISCUSSION; 1. ON THE SELECTION OF APPROPRIATE CONTROLS; 2. ON PUBLICATION OF RESEARCH FINDINGS; 3. RESEARCH ON CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHAPTER 10. THE CASE CONTROL STUDY: THE PROBLEM AND THE PROSPECT; INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES; RESEARCH DESIGN AND ANALYSIS.
- BIASESOBLIGATION OF SCIENTISTS TOWARD PUBLICATION AND POLICY MAKING; TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS FOR CASE CONTROL STUDIES; RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RESEARCH ON CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCE; Selected Annotated BIbliography of Case-Control Studies; SUBJECT INDEX.