Methods for the analysis of incidence rates in cluster randomized trials

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 839-846

  Bennett, Steve ^a   Parpia, Tamiza ^a   Hayes, Richard ^a   Cousens, Simon ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cluster randomized trials; Incidence rate; Mortality rate; Poisson regression; T test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; BED NET; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

INSECTICIDE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036668497     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/31.4.839     Document Type: Article

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