Which design best describes this epidemiologic study?
An epidemiologist was interested in determining whether use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) causes gastrointestinal bleeding. S/he recruited 600 subjects who had been hospitalized with gastrointestinal bleeding and 600 subjects from the local community who had never been diagnosed with such a bleeding problem. Due to concern over their diagnosis, subjects who had experienced a gastrointestinal bleed were able to provide a more accurate recollection of their NSAID use, while the comparison subjects were more likely to underestimate their use
a. quasi-experimental study
b. cohort study
c. cross-sectional study
d. case-control study
Ans: d
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