Analysis of prospective epidemiologic studies by minimum distance case-control matching

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 1977, Pages 567-574

  Smith, A H ^a   Kark, J D ^a   Cassel, J C ^a   Spears, G F S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biometry; Epidemiologic methods; Prospective studies

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BIOMETRY; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; MATCHED CONTROL; STATISTICS;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0017683950     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a112421     Document Type: Article

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