Some statistical methods for investigating the date of birth as a disease indicator

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2127-2135

  Le, Chap T ^a   Liu, Ping ^a   Lindgren, Bruce R ^a   Daly, Kathleen A ^b   Giebink, G Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular distribution; Date of birth; Disease indicator; Otitis media

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFECTION RISK; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OTITIS MEDIA; PREDICTION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SPRING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUMMER; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; WINTER;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OTITIS MEDIA; PREGNANCY; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037711904     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.1343     Document Type: Article

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