The asymptotic distribution of the partial attributable risk in cross-sectional studies

Statistics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 427-438

  Grömping, Ulrike ^a   Weimann, Ulla ^b  

^a BEUTH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b FORD WERKE GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymptotic distribution; Implicit function theorem; Partial attributable difference; Partial attributable risk; Risk allocation; Variance estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 5644285721     PISSN: 02331888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02331880412331292288     Document Type: Article

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