Who Developed and Applied the Case-Control Study Design

question 9

Multiple Choice

Who developed and applied the case-control study design?

• A) Florence Nightingale
• B) Olli S. Miettinen
• C) Janet Lane-Claypon
• D) Jerome Cornfield

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