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Comment
. 2016 Nov;31(11):1067-1068.
doi: 10.1007/s10654-016-0206-y. Epub 2016 Oct 13.

Methods for individualized assessment of absolute risk in case-control studies should be weighted carefully

Kevin Ten Haaf  1 , Ewout Willem Steyerberg  2
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Comment

Methods for individualized assessment of absolute risk in case-control studies should be weighted carefully

Kevin Ten Haaf et al. Eur J Epidemiol. 2016 Nov.
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Conflict of interest statement

KtH is affiliated with the Dutch-Belgian Lung Cancer Screening Trial (Nederlands-Leuvens Longkanker Screenings onderzoek; the NELSON trial) and the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET). EWS is supported by a U award (U01NS086294, value of personalized risk information).

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