Observational etiologic research. Part 4--Matching in case-control studies: almost always a bad idea

Transfusion. 2014 Feb;54(2):267-70. doi: 10.1111/trf.12419. Epub 2013 Sep 30.

Authors

Rutger A Middelburg¹, Johanna C Wiersum-Osselton, Leo M G van de Watering, Johanna G van der Bom

Affiliation

¹ Center for Clinical Transfusion Research, Sanquin Research, Leiden, The Netherlands; Jon J. van Rood Center for Clinical Transfusion Research, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.

PMID: 24117702
DOI: 10.1111/trf.12419

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Blood Preservation*
Blood Transfusion*
Case-Control Studies*
Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic*
Humans
Observational Studies as Topic / standards*
Risk Management