Longitudinal designs, methods and analysis in psychiatric research

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 93-104

  Anstey, Kaarin J ^a   Hofer, Scott M ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Developmental trajectories; Longitudinal methods; Missing data analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PSYCHIATRY; RESEARCH;

EID: 1842840115     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2004.01343.x     Document Type: Review

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