Case Control Research

The critique of an epidemiologic study involves an assessment of the methods of data collection (which includes the type of study design), the analysis of the data and the interpretation of the data. For this application you are to read the following case control research article. After reading the article, complete the Case Control Template found below.

Article: Dogu, O., Louis, E. D., Tamer, L., Unal, O., Yilmaz, A., & Kaleagasi, H. (2007). Elevated blood lead concentrations in essential tremor: A case-control study in Mersin, Turkey. Environmental Health Perspectives, 115(11), 1564–1568.
Use the Academic Search Premier database, and search using the article’s Accession Number: 27779909

Case Control Template:

Case-Control Study
Article Citation in APA format:

Research Question:

Health Outcome of Interest:

Exposure(s) of Interest:

Diagnostic Criteria for Cases:

Case Ascertainment (include whether this was a single site or multi-site study):

Number of Cases (include information, if available, about the number who participated and the number who refused; indicate whether any information was provided about those who refused to participate):

Control Population (type/number/selection):

Type(s)/Method(s) of Data Collection (e.g. questionnaire, medical records, whether or not there was any procedure for validating some or the data):

Type of Data Analysis:

Results/Main Findings of Study:
Assessment of Bias (selection/information):
Assessment of Confounders:
Comments: