The Texas Men's Health Study enrolled 38,649 men in 1999 and collected exposure and lifestyle information to assess the relationship between these factors and subsequent occurrence of heart disease, is an example of which type of study?
Answer
Case control study also known as retrospective study
Explanation : Case control study is the common approach to test causal hypothesis.
In it, three distinct features are present :
1) both exposure and outcome have occurred before the start of the study
2) the study proceed backword from effect to cause
3 it uses a control or comparison group to support or refute an inference
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