Translations:Advanced Field Epi:Manual 1 - Disease Investigation/245/en
The characteristics of different study types are described briefly below and the advantages and disadvantages of each type are summarised. For more information on epidemiological study design, readers should consult standard epidemiology texts ([#17 Martin et al., 1987];[#23 Thrusfield, 1995];[#20 Rothman et al., 2008]; [#6 Dohoo et al., 2010]).