Accuracy of alternative approaches to capture-recapture estimates of disease frequency: Internal validity analysis of data from five sources

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 152, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 771-779

  Hook, Ernest B ^a,b   Regal, Ronald R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Akaike information criterion; Bayesian information criterion; Benzodiazepines; Cerebrovascular disorders; Down syndrome; Loglinear model; Narcotics; Scleroderma, systemic

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DOWN SYNDROME; DRUG ABUSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; SCLERODERMA; STROKE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BAYES THEOREM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DOWN SYNDROME; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MICHIGAN; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLERODERMA, LOCALIZED; SCOTLAND; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0034667550     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/152.8.771     Document Type: Article

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