Confidence interval estimating procedures for standardized incidence rates

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 3501-3516

  Ng, Hon Keung Tony ^a   Filardo, Giovanni ^a,b   Zheng, Gang ^c  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DISEASES; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; INCIDENCE RATES;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

EID: 40249112100     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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