%0 Journal Article
%T Study designs: Part 3 - Analytical observational studies
%A Priya Ranganathan
%A Rakesh Aggarwal
%J Archive of "Perspectives in Clinical Research".
%D 2019
%R 10.4103/picr.PICR_35_19
%X In analytical observational studies, researchers try to establish an association between exposure(s) and outcome(s). Depending on the direction of enquiry, these studies can be directed forwards (cohort studies) or backwards (case¨Ccontrol studies). In this article, we examine the key features of these two types of studies
%K Case¨Ccontrol study
%K cohort study
%K epidemiologic methods
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6463505/