On a Square-Root Transformation of the Odds Ratio for a Common Outcome

Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2017, Pages E58-E60

  VanderWeele, Tyler J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; LETTER; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATION; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 85042078345     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000733     Document Type: Letter

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