Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 52, Issue 12 , Pages 1165-1172 , December 1999

Analysis of Case-Cohort Designs

  • William E. Barlow

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA USA
    • Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: William Barlow, Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, 1730 Minor Ave, Suite 1600, Seattle, WA 98101-1448
    • ,
  • Laura Ichikawa

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA USA
    • ,
  • Dan Rosner

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA USA
    • ,
  • Shizue Izumi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hijiyama-koen, Hiroshima, Japan

,Accepted 30 April 1999.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
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