Application of propensity-score matching in four leading medical journals

Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages e19-e20

  Wu, Shunquan ^a   Ding, Yingying ^b   Wu, Fuquan ^b   Hou, Jun ^a   Mao, Panyong ^a  

^a BEIJING 302 HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EUROPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LETTER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUTH KOREA; STUDY DESIGN; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; BIBLIOMETRICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIBLIOMETRICS; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PROPENSITY SCORE;

EID: 84923998465     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000249     Document Type: Letter

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