Quantitative methods in the review of epidemiologic literature

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 1-30

  Greenland, Sander ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW LITERATURE;

EID: 0023484789     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a036298     Document Type: Article

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