Spline and Smoothing Approaches to Fitting Flexible Models for the Analysis of Pulmonary Function Data

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 1996, Pages

  Wypij, David ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0030463453     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm/154.6_pt_2.s223     Document Type: Article

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