Estimation of the relative excess risk due to interaction and associated confidence bounds

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 756-760

  Richardson, David B ^a   Kaufman, Jay S ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence intervals; Interaction; Logistic regression; Risk ratio

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ESTIMATION METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; LINEAR SYSTEM; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK;

EID: 61449175880     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn411     Document Type: Article

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