REGSTATTOOLS: Freeware statistical tools for the analysis of disease population databases used in health and social studies

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Esteban, Laura ^a   Clèries, Ramon ^a,b   Gálvez, Jordi ^a   Pareja, Laura ^a   Escribà, Josep Maria ^a   Sanz, Xavier ^a   Izquierdo, Ángel ^c   Galcerán, Jaume ^d   Ribes, Josepa ^a,b  

^a BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIÓ SANITÀRIA PERE VIRGILI IISPV   (Spain)

Author keywords

Annual percent change; Net percent change of rates; Prediction; Relative survival; Standardized incidence mortality ratio; Web application

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOLOGY; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL; VERY ELDERLY; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOFTWARE; SPAIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84874640208     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-201     Document Type: Article

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