Estimation of excess risk from case-control data using Aalen's linear regression model

Biometrics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 690-697

  Borgan, Ørnulf ^a   Langholz, Bryan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Excess risk; Linear hazards model; Nested case control studies; Nonparametric methods; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; LINEAR REGRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CASE-CONTROL; CASE-CONTROL STUDY; CONTROL DATA; EXCESS RISK; HAZARD MODELING; LINEAR HAZARD MODEL; LINEAR REGRESSION MODELLING; NESTED CASE-CONTROL STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC METHODS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031003782     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2533968     Document Type: Article

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