Methods to account for attrition in longitudinal data: Do they work? A simulation study

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 657-662

  Kristman, Vicki L ^a,c   Manno, Michael ^b,c   Côté, Pierre ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bias (epidemiology); Cohort studies; Computer simulation; Epidemiologic methods; Logistic models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COVARIANCE; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 24644435545     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-005-7919-7     Document Type: Article

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