The incidence of cystic fibrosis

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 449-462

  Kosorok, Michael R ^a   Wei, Wen Hsiang ^b   Farrell, Philip M ^c  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029989213     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19960315)15:5<449::AID-SIM173>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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