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© 1990 Oxford University Press

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Ecological versus Case-Control Studies for Testing a Linear-No Threshold Dose-Response Relationship

BERNARD L COHEN

100 Allen Hall, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.

Cohen B L (100 Allen Hall, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA) Ecological versus case-control studies for testing a linear-no threshold dose-response relationship. International Journal of Epidemiology 1990, 19: 680– 684.

The two basic problems with ecological studies are (A) individuals studied are not necessarily the individuals who are at risk, and (B) they are very vulnerable to confounding factors. It is shown that where the study is designed to test a linear-no threshold dose-response theory, (A) does not apply. Where the ecological study deals with the average dose and response in a large number of US counties, the available data and computer capability for reducing effects of con-founders are so powerful that (B) may be no more important for the ecological than for a case-control study. The migration problem is treated and found to be relatively unimportant.

Revised 1 January 1990


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