Interpretation of absolute measures of disease risk in comparative research

Family Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 432-435

  Replogle, William H ^a   Johnson, William D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTERVENTION STUDY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249863911     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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