Case-Control Studies

"Case-Control Studies" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Studies which start with the identification of persons with a disease of interest and a control (comparison, referent) group without the disease. The relationship of an attribute to the disease is examined by comparing diseased and non-diseased persons with regard to the frequency or levels of the attribute in each group.

Descriptor ID	D016022
MeSH Number(s)	E05.318.760.500.500 N05.715.360.775.175.200 N06.850.520.450.500.500
Concept/Terms	Case-Control Studies Case-Control Studies Case-Control Study Studies, Case-Control Study, Case-Control Case-Comparison Studies Case Comparison Studies Case-Comparison Study Studies, Case-Comparison Study, Case-Comparison Case-Compeer Studies Case Compeer Studies Case-Compeer Study Studies, Case-Compeer Study, Case-Compeer Case-Referrent Studies Case Referrent Studies Case-Referrent Study Studies, Case-Referrent Study, Case-Referrent Case-Referent Studies Case Referent Studies Case-Referent Study Studies, Case-Referent Study, Case-Referent Case-Base Studies Case Base Studies Case-Base Study Studies, Case-Base Study, Case-Base Case Control Studies Case Control Study Studies, Case Control Study, Case Control Matched Case-Control Studies Matched Case-Control Studies Case-Control Studies, Matched Case-Control Study, Matched Matched Case Control Studies Matched Case-Control Study Studies, Matched Case-Control Study, Matched Case-Control Nested Case-Control Studies Nested Case-Control Studies Case-Control Studies, Nested Case-Control Study, Nested Nested Case Control Studies Nested Case-Control Study Studies, Nested Case-Control Study, Nested Case-Control

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Case-Control Studies".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
Epidemiologic Study Characteristics as Topic [E05.318.760]
Epidemiologic Studies [E05.318.760.500]
Case-Control Studies [E05.318.760.500.500]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms [N05.715.360]
Epidemiologic Study Characteristics as Topic [N05.715.360.775]
Epidemiologic Studies [N05.715.360.775.175]
Case-Control Studies [N05.715.360.775.175.200]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
Epidemiologic Study Characteristics as Topic [N06.850.520.450]
Epidemiologic Studies [N06.850.520.450.500]
Case-Control Studies [N06.850.520.450.500.500]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Case-Control Studies".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Case-Control Studies".

Case-Control Studies
Retrospective Studies

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Bar chart showing 623 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 89 publications in 2016

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1994	0	1	1
1997	0	1	1
1998	0	1	1
1999	0	1	1
2000	0	1	1
2001	0	1	1
2002	0	13	13
2003	0	17	17
2004	0	20	20
2005	0	30	30
2006	0	17	17
2007	0	32	32
2008	0	41	41
2009	0	30	30
2010	0	24	24
2011	1	29	30
2012	1	36	37
2013	1	31	32
2014	0	33	33
2015	0	43	43
2016	0	89	89
2017	0	37	37
2018	0	40	40
2019	0	25	25
2020	0	9	9
2021	0	7	7
2022	0	10	10
2023	0	1	1

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