Automated databases are increasingly being used for pharmacoepidemiological research and ®eldwork is often carried out to supplement and validate information held within them. In MEMO's case±control studies, patients are identi®ed using computerized ICD9 diagnosis codes, the original medical records
Using Adaptive Methods to Select Variables in Case-Control Studies
✍ Scribed by Thomas W. O'Gorman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 126 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0323-3847
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