title: From the binomial to the Poisson distribution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bellocco
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pagano
mesh_terms: D016010:Binomial Distribution; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D016012:Poisson Distribution; D011336:Probability; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology