The role of conceptual frameworks in epidemiological analysis: A hierarchical approach

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 224-227

  Victora, Cesar G ^a   Huttly, Sharon R ^b   Fuchs, Sandra C ^a   Olinto, Maria Teresa A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conceptual frameworks; Diarrhoea mortality; Disease determinants; Multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INCOME; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANITATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030969748     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.1.224     Document Type: Article

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