Use of a mixture model for the analysis of contraceptive-use duration among long-term users

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 319-332

  Wang, Duolao ^a   Murphy, Mike ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1542676906     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664769823052     Document Type: Article

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