A note on the grouping of surveillance data when adjusting for reporting delays

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 146, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 592-595

  Law, Matthew G ^a   Kaldor, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Epidemiologic methods; Incidence reporting

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031442466     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009319     Document Type: Article

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