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A Regression-Based Method for Estimating Risks and Relative Risks in Case-Base Studies

Both the absolute risk and the relative risk (RR) have a crucial role to play in epidemiology. RR is often approximated by odds ratio (OR) under the rare-disease assumption in conventional case-control study; however, such a study design does not provide an estimate for absolute risk. The case-base...

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Autores principales: Chui, Tina Tsz-Ting, Lee, Wen-Chung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3861498/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24349478
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0083275