Properties of the geometrically averaged ratio, an alternative standardized measure

Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 456-459

  Lee, Wen Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Comparative mortality figure; Epidemiologic methods; Standardization; Standardized mortality ratio; Vital statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICS;

EID: 0033038360     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199907000-00020     Document Type: Article

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