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phuluong2k
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09/29/05 - 10:14 AM

Any one can give an example of retrospective cohort study ?

alenka
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09/29/05 - 03:59 PM

i think there's no such thing as retrospective cohort study-it's always prospective.

the retrospective study example is case-control.

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09/29/05 - 04:17 PM

yeah, it doesn´t exist. Cohort studies are prospective.

is it a tricky question ? smiling face

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phuluong2k
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09/30/05 - 07:41 AM

Cohort study can be either retrospective or prospective

Case control is always restrospective

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09/30/05 - 10:52 AM

I have just picked up an example for this design of study.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd...

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09/30/05 - 05:15 PM

wow, thanks phuluong i had no idea such a thing existed shocked

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