Living beyond our 'means': New methods for comparing distributions

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 146, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1056-1066

  Jones, Camara Phyllis ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Epidemiologic methods; Models, statistical

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH STATUS; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031459038     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009234     Document Type: Article

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