The ecological fallacy

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 893-904

  Piantadosi, Steven ^a   Byar, David P ^a   Green, Sylvan B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; ECOLOGY; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMAN; STATISTICS;

EID: 0023914877     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114892     Document Type: Article

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