Table 2.
Author | Selection |
Comparability |
Exposure |
Summary | ||||||
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Is the case definition adequate? | Representativeness of the cases | Selection of controls | Definition of controls | Ethnicity | Age | Ascertainment of exposure | Same method of ascertainment for cases and controls | Non-response rate | ||
Fortunato et al. | 4.1.3 | |||||||||
Liu et al. | 4.2.3 | |||||||||
Li et al. | 3.2.3 |