Choice of effect measure for epidemiological data

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 931-939

  Walter, S D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Effect measure; Epidemiology; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; STATISTICS;

HUMAN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; RISK;

EID: 0033825852     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(00)00210-9     Document Type: Article

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