A general estimator for the variance of the mantel haenszel odds ratio

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 1986, Pages 719-723

  Robins, James ^a   Greenland, Sander ^b   Breslow, Norman E ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARIANCE;

ALGORITHMS; STATISTICS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023036598     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114447     Document Type: Review

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