Statistical Issues in Longitudinal Research on Respiratory Health

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 1996, Pages

  Ware, James H ^a   Weiss, Scott ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ALGORITHM; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0030448802     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm/154.6_pt_2.s212     Document Type: Article

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