Efficient interval estimation for age-adjusted cancer rates

DOI10.1177/0962280206070621MaRDI QIDQ3435344zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Ram C. Tiwari, Limin X. Clegg, Zhaohui Zou

Publication date 26 April 2007

Published in Statistical Methods in Medical Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1177/0962280206070621

zbMATH Keywords

simulationsnormal approximationsbeta approximations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Parametric tolerance and confidence regions (62F25)

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