Improving statistical analysis of matched case-control studies

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 320-324

  Conway, Aaron ^a   Rolley, John X ^a,b   Fulbrook, Paul ^a,c   Page, Karen ^d   Thompson, David R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case control; Matching; Nursing research; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING RESEARCH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTROL GROUPS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84878211174     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.21536     Document Type: Article

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