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Am J Epidemiol 2004; 159:717-718.
Copyright © 2004 by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

RE: "RISK ANALYSIS OF ASEPTIC MENINGITIS AFTER MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINATION IN KOREAN CHILDREN BY USING A CASE-CROSSOVER DESIGN"

C. P. Farrington

Department of Statistics, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, United Kingdom

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Ki et al. (1) used a case-crossover design to evaluate the relative risk of aseptic meningitis after measles-mumps-rubella vaccination. Although their results are broadly in line with those of others on the same topic, the case-crossover design cannot generally be recommended for investigating associations between adverse events and childhood immunizations because it requires the probability of exposure . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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