Study Designs in Epidemiologic Research.ppt

* Case series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /wiki/Case_series * Descriptive study designs include case reports, case series, incidence studies, and ecologic studies. The case report is the most elementary study design in the literature. It generally describes an injury or injuries to one or two individuals that have been identified in a medical setting. There is also usually a unique feature to the noted chronic disease . The case series design is an extension of the case report. In a case series, a number of events are described. These events usually have been observed over a s