Relative risk and odds ratio data are still portrayed with inappropriate scales in the medical literature

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1045-1047

  Levine, Mitchell A H ^a,b   El Nahas, Ahmad I ^a   Asa, Benjamin ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EVALUATION OF MEDICINES   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arithmetic; Figures; Logarithmic; Odds ratio; Relative risk; Scale

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; ALGORITHM; HUMAN; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION; RISK;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RISK;

EID: 77955663585     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.12.016     Document Type: Article

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