Obtaining Confidence Intervals for the Risk Ratio in Cohort Studies
โ Scribed by D. Katz, J. Baptista, S. P. Azen and M. C. Pike
- Book ID
- 125756622
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 443 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0006-341X
- DOI
- 10.2307/2530610
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