Statistical methods in epidemiology. IV. Confounding and the matched pairs odds ratio

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 259-265

  Rigby, Alan S ^a   Robinson, Mike B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TEACHING; TECHNIQUE;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; TWIN STUDIES;

EID: 0034654982     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096382800296719     Document Type: Review

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