Improved odds ratio estimation by post hoc stratification of case-control data

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 993-1004

  Neuhäuser, Markus ^a   Becher, Heiko ^b  

^a Solvay Pharmaceuticals GmbH   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LUNG CANCER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATISTICS;

EID: 1842411368     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19970515)16:9<993::AID-SIM505>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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