Methodological Assessment of Case–Crossover Studies

The case-crossover design was developed in the early 1990s to study the effects of transient, short-term exposures on the risk of acute events such as myocardial infarction. To estimate relative risk, the exposure frequency during a period just before outcome onset (hazard period) is compared with...

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Main Authors: M Qorbani, M Yunesian
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2008-04-01
Series:مجله اپیدمیولوژی ایران
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Online Access:http://irje.tums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-25-154&slc_lang=en&sid=1