Basic methods for sensitivity analysis of biases

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1107-1116

  Greenland, Sander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Case control studies; Misclassification; Odds ratio; Relative risk; Validity

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030470138     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.6.1107     Document Type: Review

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