Study designs: Part 3 - Analytical observational studies

In analytical observational studies, researchers try to establish an association between exposure(s) and outcome(s). Depending on the direction of enquiry, these studies can be directed forwards (cohort studies) or backwards (case–control studies). In this article, we examine the key features of the...

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Autores principales: Ranganathan, Priya, Aggarwal, Rakesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6463505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31008076
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/picr.PICR_35_19
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description In analytical observational studies, researchers try to establish an association between exposure(s) and outcome(s). Depending on the direction of enquiry, these studies can be directed forwards (cohort studies) or backwards (case–control studies). In this article, we examine the key features of these two types of studies.
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spelling pubmed-64635052019-04-19 Study designs: Part 3 - Analytical observational studies Ranganathan, Priya Aggarwal, Rakesh Perspect Clin Res Statistics In analytical observational studies, researchers try to establish an association between exposure(s) and outcome(s). Depending on the direction of enquiry, these studies can be directed forwards (cohort studies) or backwards (case–control studies). In this article, we examine the key features of these two types of studies. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6463505/ /pubmed/31008076 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/picr.PICR_35_19 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Perspectives in Clinical Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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