Standardization using the harmonically weighted ratios: Internal and external comparisons

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 247-261

  Lee, Wen Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Age standardization; Comparative mortality figure; Epidemiologic method; Standardization; Standardized mortality ratio; Vital statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORTALITY; POPULATION; SIMULATION; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0037196198     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.1000     Document Type: Article

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