The effects of sensitivity and specificity of case selection on validity, sample size, precision, and power in hospital-based case-control studies.

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Published in Am J Epidemiol on July 01, 1990

Authors

H Brenner1, D A Savitz

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

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