Statistics in epidemiology: The case-control study

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 91, Issue 433, 1996, Pages 14-28

  Breslow, N E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Likelihood; Mantel Haenszel procedure; Matched samples; Observational data; Odds ratio; Relative risk regression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIAS; CANCER; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERROR SOURCES; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH; LITERATURE REVIEW; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; SMOKING; WORLD;

BEHAVIOR; BIAS; CANCER; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERROR SOURCES; HEALTH; LITERATURE REVIEW; MEASUREMENT; NEOPLASMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SMOKING; WORLD;

BEHAVIOR; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; NEOPLASMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SMOKING;

EID: 0030099901     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1996.10476660     Document Type: Article

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