Modeling categorical variables by logistic regression

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 278-284

  Peng, Chao Ying Joanne ^a,d   Manz, Barbara D ^b   Keck, Juanita ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035348571     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.25.3.15     Document Type: Article

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