Application of nonhomogenous Markov models for analyzing longitudinal caries risk

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-129

  Kopycka Kedzierawski D T ^a   Billings, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Caries risk; Longitudinal data; Mutans streptococci; Nonhomogenous Markov models

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MARKOV CHAINS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644818006     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2006.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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