Simple method to calculate the confidence interval of a standardized mortality ratio (SMR)

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 373-375

  Ulm, K ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic methods; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS;

EID: 0025268851     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115507     Document Type: Article

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