Analysis of human immune responses in quasi-experimental settings: Tutorial in biostatistics

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sarkar, Rajiv ^a   Ajjampur, Sitara S ^a   Ward, Honorine D ^a,b   Kang, Gagandeep ^a   Naumova, Elena N ^a,c  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANTIBODY FORMATION; BIOSTATISTICS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY;

EID: 84855228521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-1     Document Type: Article

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