A flexible model for human circadian rhythms

Biometrics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 588-596

  Wang, Yuedong ^a   Brown, Morton B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian confidence intervals; Chronobiology; GCV; L spline; Periodic smoothing spline; Self modeling

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN; BAYESIAN CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GCV; L-SPLINE; PERIODIC SMOOTHING SPLINE; SELF-MODELING; SMOOTHING SPLINE;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HORMONE RESPONSE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MODEL; PERIODICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029936116     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2532897     Document Type: Article

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