| case-control study |
An epidemiologic study that examines selected patients who have a defined disease (cases) with persons without the disease (controls).
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| case-control study |
a study in which patients with a certain condition are matched with patients who do not have the condition. The two groups are then compared with respect to certain risk factors (eg patients with lung cancer asked about cigarette smoking). Advantages include rapid study time, since the outcome of interest has already occurred, and ease, since no special methods to recruit cases and controls are necessary. Can be used to evaluate rare conditions. ...
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| case |
The covers of a hard-bound, or case-bound, book.
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| cassette |
Better known as a film cassette, and sometimes called a cartridge, this is a light-proof container of metal or plastic into which film manufacturers (and bulk film loaders) roll strips of unexposed 35 mm film. APS film is also loaded by manufacturers into a cassette.
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| CAS |
means the Chemical Abstracts Service.
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