Comparison of Semiparametric and Parametric Survival Models for the Analysis of Bronchial Responsiveness

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 1996, Pages

  Muñoz, Alvaro ^a   Sunyer, Jordi ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE;

BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030460411     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm/154.6_pt_2.s234     Document Type: Review

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