Statistical issues in pharmacoepidemiological case-control studies

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 15-16, 1998, Pages 1839-1850

  Ashby, Deborah ^a   Smyth, Rosalind L ^b   Brown, Philip J ^c  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANCREAS ENZYME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COLON DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY;

EID: 0032528875     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0258(19980815/30)17:15/16<1839::aid-sim986>3.0.co;2-g     Document Type: Conference Paper

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