An efficient SAS program for exact stratification of person-years

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-53

  Sun, Jian ^a   Shibata, Eiji ^a   Kamijima, Michihiro ^a   Toida, Machiko ^a   Takeuch, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

cohort study; computer; epidemiologic method; person year; standardized mortality ratio; Statistical Analysis System

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; MORTALITY; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030901302     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4825(96)00028-5     Document Type: Article

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