Model-based estimation of relative risks and other epidemiologic measures in studies of common outcomes and in case-control studies

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 301-305

  Greenland, Sander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute risk; Case control studies; Clinical trials; Cohort studies; Logistic regression; Odds ratio; Relative risk; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MODEL; REVIEW; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC MEASUREMENTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK;

EID: 3843072366     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwh221     Document Type: Review

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