Simplified estimation of age-specific reference intervals for skewed data

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 2785-2803

  Wright, E M ^a   Royston, P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CURVE FITTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEWBORN; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0030690131     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19971230)16:24<2785::AID-SIM797>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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