INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, vol. 27, n° 4, 1998, pages 727-729, 20 réf., ISSN 0300-5771, GBR
KAPLAN (S.), NOVIKOV (I.), MODAN (B.)
Department of Clinical Epidemiology. Chaim Sheba Medical Center. And the Stanley Steyer Institute for Cancer Epidemiology and Research. Tel Aviv. ISR, University. Ten Hashomer. ISR
A number of issues inherent in the selection of friends as controls in case-control studies are illustrated in the light of a recent dietary study, based on hospital and friend controls.
Preselection of certain characteristics of the controls by the inter-viewee is almost unavoidable.
The choice of controls to be used in a case-control study must reflect the nature and type of hypothesis which is being tested.
Advantages and drawbacks of potential control groups must be weighted against each other.
Mots-clés BDSP : Milieu social, Sélection, Epidémiologie, Méthodologie, Homme, Ami
Mots-clés Pascal : Etude cas témoin, Amitié, Environnement social, Sélection, Epidémiologie, Méthodologie, Homme, Ami
Mots-clés Pascal anglais : Case control study, Friendship, Social environment, Selection, Epidemiology, Methodology, Human
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