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Design and Planning of Epidemiological Studies

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Handbook of Epidemiology

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This chapter deals with basic principles and practical issues in designing and planning epidemiological studies. Although most of the practical issues are consequences of the theoretical principles of epidemiology as presented in this handbook as well as standard textbooks (Breslow and Day 1981, 1987; Gordis 2009; Rothman and Greenland 1998; Rothman et al. 2008; Miettinen 1985) and in different chapters (Basic Concepts, Cohort Studies, Case-Control Studies, Confounding and Interaction, Sample Size Determination in Epidemiological Studies, Measurement Error, and Missing Data) of this handbook, the emphasis here is on how to proceed practically when planning a study.

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    Ahrens, W., Pigeot, I., Wild, P. (2014). Design and Planning of Epidemiological Studies. In: Ahrens, W., Pigeot, I. (eds) Handbook of Epidemiology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09834-0_13

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