Community-based studies of Alzheimer's disease: Statistical challenges in design and analysis

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 11-12, 2000, Pages 1469-1480

  Beckett, Laurel A ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034659677     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0258(20000615/30)19:11/12<1469::aid-sim439>3.0.co;2-j     Document Type: Conference Paper

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