The case-control study as data missing by design: Estimating risk differences

Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 144-150

  Wacholder, Sholom ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

bias; biometry; epidemiologic methods; logistic regression; missing data; study design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BLADDER CANCER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030038950     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199603000-00007     Document Type: Article

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