Negative and non-positive epidemiological studies

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-121

  Axelson, Olav ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case control; Cohort; Confounding; Exposure; Matching

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 1842684116     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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