Ways of measuring rates of recurrent events

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7027, 1996, Pages 364-367

  Glynn, Robert J ^a   Buring, Julie E ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030064145     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7027.364     Document Type: Short Survey

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