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Case-control Studies of Common Childhood Diseases: Example of Diarrhoea
Casecontrol Studies of Common Childhood Diseases Example of Diarrhoea Author:S.N. Cousens, etc., Thierry Mertens, Betty Kirkwood, Peter Smith, Professor Feacham This is a distillation of documents prepared for the Diarrhoeal Diseases Control Programme of the World Health Organisation. It is a practical guide for people in the field to design, control, analyse and interpret a case-control study of their own. In this case diarrhoeal disease research. It provides a clear view of the problems they will face... more » and practical suggestions for resolving them. The example-based approach should highlight how the details of each illness differ but the wider issues remain the same with broadly similar arguments applying whether the disease is measles or malaria.« less