Estimating attributable response as a function of a continuous risk factor

Biometrika

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 563-573

  Lloyd, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Attributable fraction; Bootstrap; Smoothing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000026560     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/83.3.563     Document Type: Article

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