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A case-referent study compares the frequency or intensity of exposure to the treatment among cases and among referents or noncases who are free of the disease; see §3.3. If referents or noncases are selected from several different sources, then the study has several distinct referent groups.
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Rosenbaum, P.R. (2002). Multiple Reference Groups in Case-Referent Studies. In: Observational Studies. Springer Series in Statistics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3692-2_7
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