Random-effects models in investigating the effect of vitamin A in childhood diarrhea

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 241-247

  Andreozzi, Valeska L ^a,e   Bailey, Trevor C ^d   Nobre, Flávio F ^b   Struchiner, Claudio J ^a   Barreto, Maurício L ^c   Assis, Ana M O ^c   Santos, Leonor M P ^c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Longitudinal Randomized Trial; Random Effects Models; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; RETINOL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONOTHERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPONSE VARIABLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

BAYES THEOREM; BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN A;

EID: 33644950823     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2005.08.007     Document Type: Article

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