Open AccessElucidation of some epidemiologic principles.
Author(s) -
Olav Axelson
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.2415
Subject(s) - comparability , referent , confounding , population , psychology , medicine , environmental health , mathematics , linguistics , pathology , philosophy , combinatorics
This review is an attempt to elucidate some fundamental epidemiologic concepts, particularly various aspects of the case-referent design and its relations to the cohort type of study. Some of these aspects also have direct implications for judgements about the comparability of differently exposed population groups, eg, with regard to confounding.