Multiple imputation of missing blood pressure covariates in survival analysis

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 681-694

  Van Buuren, S ^a   Boshuizen, H C ^a   Knook, D L ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033616909     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19990330)18:6<681::AID-SIM71>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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