Application of the missing-indicator method in matched case-control studies with incomplete data

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 150, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1340-1345

  Huberman, Mark ^a   Langholz, Bryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biometry; Case control studies; Epidemiologic methods; Logistic models; Matched pair analysis; Odds ratio; Regression analysis; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAGNETIC FIELD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033573346     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009966     Document Type: Article

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