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 ([#_ENREF_17 Martin et al., 1987];[#_ENREF_23 Thrusfield, 1995];[#_ENREF_20 Rothman et al., 2008]; [#_ENREF_6 Dohoo et al., 2010]).