Use of the Generalised Linear Model with Poisson distribution to compare caries indices

Community Dental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 93-96

  Fabien, Vincent ^a   Obry Musset, Anne Marie ^a   Hedelin, Guy ^a   Cahen, Pierre Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; Dental epidemiology; DMFS; DMFT; Linear models; Poisson regression; Statistical method

Indexed keywords

SUGAR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CANDY; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FRANCE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033138915     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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