Case-Spouse Control Design in Practice: An Experience in Estimating Smoking and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Deaths in Chinese Adults

Case-Spouse Control Design in Practice: An Experience in Estimating Smoking and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Deaths in Chinese Adults

We assessed the effect of smoking on death from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in China by employing a large population-based, case-spouse control study design using data from a nationwide survey of mortality. Methods: During 1989-1991, a nationwide retrospective survey of mortality wa...

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Main Authors: Jingmei Jiang, Boqi Liu, Freddy Sitas, Xianjia Zeng, Junshi Chen, Wei Han, Xiaonong Zou, Yanping Wu, Ping Zhao, Junyao Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010-05-01
Series:Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Subjects:
case-control studies
China
chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases
mortality
smoking
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664610600654

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