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An Introduction to Epidemiology for Health Professionals pp 79Cite as

The Cross-Sectional Study

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In a cross-sectional study, all in a given population or a random sample from this population define the source population. The disease and its possible determinants are all recorded at a given point in time. This introduces a temporal ambiguity in the possible cause–effect association and for this reason most cross-sectional studies have survey purposes that are only descriptive.

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  1. School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1772, Box 951772, USA

    Jørn Olsen

  2. Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Sdr. Boulevard 23 A, 5000, Odense C, Denmark

    Kaare Christensen

  3. Department of Pediatrics, 2182 MedLabs, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52245, USA

    Jeff Murray MD

  4. Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 76, Stockholm, Sweden

    Anders Ekbom

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Olsen, J., Christensen, K., Murray, J., Ekbom, A. (2010). The Cross-Sectional Study. In: An Introduction to Epidemiology for Health Professionals. Springer Series on Epidemiology and Public Health, vol 1. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1497-2_11

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