American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 113, No. 6: 711-715
Copyright © 1981 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health
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LEAST SIGNIFICANT RELATIVE RISK DETERMINATION IN THE CASE OF UNEQUAL SAMPLE SIZES1
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Oliphant, T. H. and R. B. McHugh (School of Public Health, U. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455). Least significant relative risk determination in the case of unequal sample sizes. Am J Epidemiol 1981;113:711-5.
Methods are presented for determining the least significant relative risks in prospective and retrospective studies, for the general case of unequal sample sizes. The methods are illustrated numerically for the prospective study
biometry; epidemiologic methods; prospective studies; relative risk; retrospective studies
1From the Division of Biometry, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota.