Geographic-based ecological correlation studies using supplemental case-control data

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 864-887

  Haneuse, S ^a   Wakefield, J ^b  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control study; Ecological study; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CANCER MORTALITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

BAYES THEOREM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; OHIO; RESEARCH DESIGN; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS;

EID: 40449120964     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2979     Document Type: Article

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