Down with odds ratios: Risk ratios in cohort studies and randomized controlled trials. Research methodology No. 4;Weg met oddsratio's: Risicoratio's in cohortonderzoek en gerandomiseerd gecontroleerd onderzoek

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 156, Issue 28, 2012, Pages

  Knol, Mirjam J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; NOTE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; REVIEW; RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84866792848     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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