Latent class analysis in medical research

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 179-211

  Formann, Anton K ^a   Kohlmann, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CLINICAL TRIALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030158522     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096228029600500205     Document Type: Article

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