Choosing among generalized linear models applied to medical data

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-68

  Lindsey, J K ^a   Jones, B ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CURVE FITTING; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CLINICAL TRIALS; DECISION MAKING; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0032518739     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19980115)17:1<59::AID-SIM733>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Review

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