Evaluation of logistic regression reporting in current obstetrics and gynecology literature

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 413-419

  Mikolajczyk, Rafael T ^a   DiSilvesto, Alexis ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a  

^a Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; OBSTETRICS; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION STUDY;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBSTETRICS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 40749147726     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318160f38e     Document Type: Article

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