Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 219-220, February 1997

An epidemiological pitfall using mortality as a long-term outcome measure in therapeutic studies comparing “age-matched” groups

  • Jack E. Riggs

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Dr. J. E. Riggs, Department of Neurology, West Virginia University Health Sciences Center, Motgantown, WV 26506.

The Department of Neurology, Medicine, and Community Medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 U.S.A.

Accepted 6 August 1996.

Keywords:  Mortality, epidemiology, outcome measure, age-matched

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PII: S0895-4356(96)00310-1

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 219-220, February 1997

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