An analysis of paediatric CD4 counts for acquired immune deficiency syndrome using flexible random curves

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-163

  Shi, Minggao ^a   E weiss, Robert ^a   Taylor, Jeremy M G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

B spline; Centile curves; Empirical bayes method; Graphics; Random effects; Residuals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041111614     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2986151     Document Type: Article

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