Understanding the odds ratio and the relative risk

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 533-536

  Simon, S D ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROLOGY; COVARIANCE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STATISTICS;

ODDS RATIO; RISK; UROLOGY;

EID: 0034941079     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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