Knowledge of Epidemiology and Statistics for an Ophthalmic Practitioner

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 561-566

  Thomas, Ravi ^a   Muliyil, Jayaprakash ^a,b   Paul, Padma ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Department of Community Health ^*

Author keywords

Confidence intervals; Number needed to treat; P value

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

CLINICAL TRIALS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

EID: 0035496080     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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