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Comparison of Estimates between Cohort and Case–Control Studies in Meta-Analyses of Therapeutic Interventions: A Meta-Epidemiological Study

BACKGROUND: Observational studies are increasingly being used for assessing therapeutic interventions. Case–control studies are generally considered to have greater risk of bias than cohort studies, but we lack evidence of differences in effect estimates between the 2 study types. We aimed to compar...

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Autores principales: Lanza, Amy, Ravaud, Philippe, Riveros, Carolina, Dechartres, Agnes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4861326/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27159025
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154877