Excess Relative Risk as an Effect Measure in Case-Control Studies of Rare Diseases
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Excess Relative Risk as an Effect Measure in Case-Control Studies of Rare Diseases
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS ONE
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121141