The zero-inflated Poisson model and the decayed, missing and filled teeth index in dental epidemiology

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 195-209

  Böhning, Dankmar ^b   Dietz, Ekkehart ^c   Schlattmann, Peter ^c   Mendonça, Lisette ^a   Kirchner, Ursula ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Caries prevention study; Decayed, missing and filled teeth index; Mixture model; Poisson model with zero inflation; Zero inflated Poisson model graphics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033472740     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-985X.00130     Document Type: Article

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