Recursive partitioning for the identification of disease risk subgroups: A case-control study of subarachnoid hemorrhage

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 199-209

  Nelson, Lorene M ^a   Bloch, Daniel A ^a   Longstreth Jr , W T ^b   Shi, Hong ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Data interpretation; Epidemiologic methods; Risk factors; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0031889945     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(97)00268-0     Document Type: Article

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