The utility of the zero-inflated Poisson and zero-inflated negative binomial models: A case study of cross-sectional and longitudinal DMF data examining the effect of socio-economic status

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 183-189

  Lewsey, J D ^a   Thomson, W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Modelling; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW ZEALAND; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 2942748357     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2004.00155.x     Document Type: Article

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