A computer program to estimate power and relative efficiency to assess multiplicative interactions in flexibly matched case-control studies

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 261-265

  Sturmer T ^a,c   Gefeller, O ^b   Brenner, H ^a  

^a GERMAN CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON AGEING   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Efficiency; Epidemiologic methods; Research design; Sample size

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONTROL SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

DICHOTOMOUS MATCHING; FREQUENCY MATCHING; MULTIPLICATIVE EXPOSURES;

MEDICINE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE INTERACTION; PREVALENCE; PRODUCTIVITY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 2342583343     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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