Invited Commentary: Self-Control Is a Virtue
| Autor: | C. R. Weinberg |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Epidemiology Computer science media_common.quotation_subject Event (relativity) Health Behavior Computer security computer.software_genre 01 natural sciences Self-Control 010104 statistics & probability 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Humans Transient (computer programming) 030212 general & internal medicine Longitudinal Studies 0101 mathematics media_common Guard (information security) Cross-Over Studies Confounding Factors Epidemiologic Self-control Environmental Exposure Case-Control Studies Epidemiologic Research Design computer |
| Zdroj: | American journal of epidemiology. 185(11) |
| ISSN: | 1476-6256 |
| Popis: | The case-crossover design, introduced in 1991 by Malcolm Maclure (Am J Epidemiol. 1991;133(2):144-153), provided a precise and powerful tool for studying short-term effects of transient triggering exposures on abrupt outcomes like myocardial infarction. The design is an example of "self-control." One compares case-time intervals that include experiences that came just before the health event with control-time intervals that capture comparable experiences more remote from the event. Methodologists have since tweaked the general approach, recognizing issues that need to be considered to guard against time-driven confounders. I discuss opportunities for possible expansion and further mining of the data from this ingenious design. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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