A statistical comparison of different family history scores

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 2785-2798

  Murad, Havi ^a   Kalter Leibovici, O ^b   Chetrit, A ^b   Freedman, L S ^a  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Expected risks; Familial aggregation; Familial risk; Measurement error model; Standard population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY SIZE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34249885310     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2750     Document Type: Article

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