On the terminology and dimensions of incidence

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 891-897

  Tapia Granados, José A ^a,b  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Incidence; Nomenclature; Terminology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INCIDENCE; MEASUREMENT; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STANDARDIZATION;

INCIDENCE; PROBABILITY; TERMINOLOGY; TIME;

EID: 0030769732     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(97)00105-4     Document Type: Article

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