The right answer for the wrong question: Consequences of type III error for public health research

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1175-1180

  Schwartz, Sharon ^a,c   Carpenter, Kenneth M ^a,b  

^a New York State Psychiatric Institute   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c PH18 332 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HOMELESSNESS; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; STROKE;

EID: 0032788620     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.8.1175     Document Type: Article

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