Computing adjusted risk ratios and risk differences in Stata

Stata Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 492-509

  Norton, Edward C ^a,b   Miller, Morgen M ^a   Kleinman, Lawrence C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adjrr; Adjusted risk difference; Adjusted risk ratio; Logistic; Logit; Multinomial; Odds ratio; Ordered; Probit; Risk difference; Risk ratio; st0306

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884357995     PISSN: 1536867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1536867x1301300304     Document Type: Article

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