A command to calculate age-standardized rates with efficient interval estimation

Stata Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 688-701

  Consonni, Dario ^a   Coviello, Enzo ^b   Buzzoni, Carlotta ^c   Mensi, Carolina ^d,e  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b ASL BT   (Italy)

^c ISPO   (Italy)

^d MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Lombardy Cancer Registry   (Italy)

Author keywords

Confidence intervals; Confounding; Distrate; Incidence rates; Mortality rates; St0276; Standardization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872393980     PISSN: 1536867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1536867x1201200408     Document Type: Article

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