Semiparametric regression for periodic longitudinal hormone data from multiple menstrual cycles

Biometrics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-39

  Zhang, Daowen ^a   Lin, Xihong ^b   Sowers, Mary Fran ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonparametric regression; Penalized likelihood; Periodic smoothing spline; Restricted maximum likelihood; Test for equality of functions

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NON-PARAMETRIC REGRESSION; NONPARAMETRICS; PENALIZED LIKELIHOOD; PENALIZED-LIKELIHOOD; PERIODIC SMOOTHING SPLINE; RESTRICTED MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; SEMI-PARAMETRIC REGRESSIONS; SMOOTHING SPLINE; TEST FOR EQUALITY OF FUNCTION;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TIME;

EID: 0034059777     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2000.00031.x     Document Type: Article

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