Asymmetric stratification: An outline for an efficient method for controlling confounding in cohort studies

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 626-639

  Cook, E Francis ^a   Goldman, Lee ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biometry; Epidemiologic methods

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIGHER PLANT; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; SHORT SURVEY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TREE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023849378     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114838     Document Type: Article

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