Analyzing developmental trajectories: A semiparametric, group-based approach

Psychological Methods

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-157

  Nagin, Daniel S ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033441152     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1082-989X.4.2.139     Document Type: Article

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