Efficient interval estimation for age-adjusted cancer rates

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 547-569

  Tiwari, Ram C ^a   Clegg, Limin X ^b   Zou, Zhaohui ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; BOOTSTRAPPING; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; TONGUE CANCER;

AGE FACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HEALTH; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846231441     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280206070621     Document Type: Article

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