Heterogeneity in fecundability studies: Issues and modelling

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-160

  Ecochard, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OVARY CYCLE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME TO PREGNANCY;

FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33645730615     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0962280206sm436oa     Document Type: Article

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