7 ** Please only answer this question if you have experience in epidemiology** Y
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Question
7 ** Please only answer this question if you have experience in epidemiology**You and your colleagues wish to study a rare new disease called Purple Lung Disease. Only 100 people in the US have been known to have contracted this disease. This is a late-life, sex-linked disease and almost all who develop it are males over the age of 45. What would be the best type of study to use to examine risk factors for Purple Lung Disease?
Answer
1. Cross-Sectional
2. Ecological
3. Case Control
4. Prospective Cohort
5. Retrospective Cohort
Explanation / Answer
You and your colleagues wish to study a rare new disease called Purple Lung Disease. Only 100 people in the US have been known to have contracted this disease. This is a late-life, sex-linked disease and almost all who develop it are males over the age of 45. What would be the best type of study to use to examine risk factors for Purple Lung Disease?
Answer
1. Cross-Sectional
2. Ecological
3. Case Control
4. Prospective Cohort
5. Retrospective Cohort