Sensitivity analysis of longitudinal binary data with non-monotone missing values

Biostatistics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 531-544

  Minini, Pascal ^a,b   Chavance, Michel ^b  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Binary data; EM; Ignorance; Longitudinal study; Missing; Multiple imputation; Non monotone; Sensitivity analysis; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG COMBINATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ASTHMA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; LEUKOTRIENE ANTAGONISTS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 10344225877     PISSN: 14654644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxh006     Document Type: Article

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