Multilevel modeling was a convenient alternative to common regression designs in longitudinal suicide research

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 576-586

  Antretter, Elfi ^a   Dunkel, Dirk ^a   Osvath, Peter ^b   Voros, Viktor ^b   Fekete, Sandor ^b   Haring, Christian ^a  

^a Unit for Clinical Research and Evaluation   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Clinical samples; Multilevel modeling; Regression; Repetition; Suicidal behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 33745592239     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.10.010     Document Type: Article

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