R help - Jan 2009 - compound outcome variables (not specifically R-related)

I would like to try to do a journal club session for my family practice
residents on the uses, and especailly the pitfalls, of compound outcome
variables, like "stroke or myocardial infarction or coronary bypass
surgery." They appear frequently in clinical trial literature.  Can
anyone recommend any good articles discussing the issues?  Thanks.

--Chris Ryan
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Christopher W. Ryan, MD
SUNY Upstate Medical University Clinical Campus at Binghamton
40 Arch Street, Johnson City, NY  13790
cryanatbinghamtondotedu
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