Modelling the decline pattern in functional measures from a prevalent cohort study

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 11-12, 2000, Pages 1593-1606

  Liu, Xinhua ^a   Teresi, Jeanne A ^a   Waternaux, Christine ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0034660047     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0258(20000615/30)19:11/12<1593::aid-sim448>3.0.co;2-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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