Estimating the Variance of Disease-Prevalence Estimates from Population-Based Registries
โ Scribed by Limin X. Clegg; Mitchell H. Gail; Eric J. Feuer
- Book ID
- 110725052
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 473 KB
- Volume
- 58
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0006-341X
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