Uses of the EM algorithm in the analysis of data on HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 24-37

  Becker, Niels G ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMETRY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALGORITHMS; BIOMETRY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031089630     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096228029700600103     Document Type: Article

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