Application of a sequential t-test in a cohort nested case-control study with multiple controls per case

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 253-259

  Tweel, Ingeborg Van Der ^a   Van Noord, Paul A H ^a   Kaaks, Rudolf ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Efficiency Biobanking Cohort nested studies; Multiple controls; Sequential; Simulation; t test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; NAILS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELENIUM; STATISTICS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027401212     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(93)90073-A     Document Type: Article

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