Exact estimates for a rate ratio

Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-33

  Martin, David O ^a,b   Austin, Harland ^c  

^a FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

algorithms; computer programs; confidence limits; exact inference; homogeneity tests

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030023875     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199601000-00006     Document Type: Article

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