Outcome modelling strategies in epidemiology: Traditional methods and basic alternatives

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 565-575

  Greenland, Sander ^a   Daniel, Rhian ^b   Pearce, Neil ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNICITY; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; HUMAN; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SOFTWARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84971671482     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyw040     Document Type: Article

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