Software for attributable risk and confidence interval estimation in case-control studies

Computers and Biomedical Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-75

  Mezzetti, Maura ^a   Ferraroni, Monica ^a   Decarli, Adriano ^a,b   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,c   Benichou, Jacques ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS;

EID: 0029912154     PISSN: 00104809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cbmr.1996.0006     Document Type: Article

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