Calculating confidence intervals for impact numbers

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Hildebrandt, Mandy ^a,b   Bender, Ralf ^a,c   Gehrmann, Ulrich ^a   Blettner, Maria ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY IN HEALTH CARE IQWIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; SMOKING; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNCERTAINTY;

COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; JAPAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLE SIZE; SMOKING; STROKE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33748799392     PISSN: 14712288     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-6-32     Document Type: Article

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