Average age at first occurrence as an alternative occurrence parameter in epidemiology

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 867-872

  Boshuizen, Hendriek C ^a   Greenland, Sander ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated failure time model; Incidence rate; Methodology; Occurrence parameters

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISABILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; OCCUPATION; PENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0030879850     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.4.867     Document Type: Article

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