A two-state Markov chain for heterogeneous transitional data: A quasi-likelihood approach

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1481-1493

  Albert, Paul S ^a   Waclawiw, Myron A ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROBABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032527753     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19980715)17:13<1481::AID-SIM858>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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