Applications of segmented regression models for biomedical studies

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 270, Issue 4 33-4, 1996, Pages

  Berman, Nancy G ^a   Wong, Weng Kee ^b   Bhasin, Shalandar ^b   Ipp, Eli ^b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

nonlinear regression; threshold response; transition point

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030007472     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1996.270.4.e723     Document Type: Article

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