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Case-control study<br />

Observational study, generally carried out to test<br />

hypotheses<br />

Characteristics<br />

• participants are chosen on the basis <strong>of</strong><br />

their disease status: a group with disease<br />

(cases) <strong>and</strong> a group without (controls)<br />

• information is collected from people with<br />

<strong>and</strong> without disease about exposures that<br />

occurred in the past<br />

• longitudinal (retrospective)<br />

23<br />

Section 1

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