The effect of assigning different index dates for control exposure measurement on odds ratio estimates
In case-control studies it is reasonable to consider the exposure history of a case prior to disease onset. For the controls, it is necessary to define comparable periods of exposure opportunity. Motivated by data from a case-control study of the environmental risk factors for Multiple Sclerosis we...
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McGill University
2012
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| Online Access: | http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=110733 |