Use of odds ratios on anaesthesia related studies

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 392-395

  Ho, K M ^a   Marshall, R J ^b   Walters, S ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Odds ratio, risk ratio: relative risk, incidence of outcome, anaesthesia literature

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0041922658     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0303100407     Document Type: Article

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