Model-based estimation of the attributable risk in case-control and cohort studies

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 611-625

  Cox, Christopher ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BODY MASS; BOOTSTRAPPING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33846250437     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280206071930     Document Type: Review

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