The use of age as a variable in clinical research;Het gebruik van leeftijd als variabele in klinisch wetenschappelijk onderzoek

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 149, Issue 53, 2005, Pages 2958-2963

  De Craen, A J M ^a   Westendorp, R G J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MATHEMATICS; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 30144444085     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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