A caution on interpreting odds ratios

Sleep

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 976-

  Sainani, Kristin L ^a   Schmajuk, Gabriela ^a   Liu, Vincent ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP;

EID: 70349162508     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/32.8.976     Document Type: Letter

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