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

      Affiliations

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

,Accepted 6 August 1996.

References 

  1. Riggs JE. The dynamics of aging and mortality in the United States, 1900–1988. Mech Aging Dev. 1992;66:45–57

PII: S0895-4356(96)00310-1

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

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