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Secondary matching: a method for selecting controls in case-control studies on environmental risk factors

Author(s) -

Antonio Agudo

Publication year - 1999

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/28.6.1130

Subject(s) - selection bias , residence , matching (statistics) , selection (genetic algorithm) , medicine , population , comparability , demography , statistics , case control study , environmental health , pediatrics , computer science , mathematics , pathology , combinatorics , artificial intelligence , sociology

The problem of control selection was considered in a population-based case-control study on pleural mesothelioma in Spain. Random sampling from the population was discarded because of potential selection bias due to low participation. Selection of hospital controls by matching them to cases by hospital seemed unsuitable for investigating environmental exposures, as the choice of hospital may be related to the place of residence; controlling for residence may avoid bias but could produce overmatching.

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