Question 19 · LEK · Characteristics of scientific studies
A potential relationship between a given disease and a given exposure, expressed by odds ratio, is possible to assess using an analysis of data provided by epidemiological study performed according to the scheme of:
- A. cross-sectional study.
- B. case-control study.
- C. ecological study.
- D. correlational study.
- E. descriptive study.
Hint
Think of the design that starts from people with and without the disease and compares their past exposure.
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