Methods for summarizing the risk associations of quantitative variables in epidemiologic studies in a consistent form

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 610-621

  Chêne, Geneviève ^a,b   Thompson, Simon G ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

epidemiologic methods; logistic models; meta analysis; regression analysis; risk; serum albumin

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PUBLICATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029788142     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008971     Document Type: Article

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