##  [Cross-Sectional Study](/cross-sectional-study) 

  ##  [Cross-Sectional Study](https://health.quantumdictionary.io/cross-sectional-study-0) 

  

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**Health & Life Sciences Dictionary**

 







 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Definition

An observational research design that measures exposures and outcomes in a defined population at a single point in time (or over a very short, specified period) to estimate prevalence and to examine contemporaneous associations; it does not by itself establish the temporal sequence required for causal inference.