A flexible class of parametric transition regression models based on copulas: Application to poliomyelitis incidence

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 593-609

  Escarela, Gabriel ^a   Mena, Ramsés H ^b   Castillo Morales, Alberto ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^b Ciudad Universitaria   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARAMETRIC TEST; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLIOMYELITIS; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MARKOV CHAINS; MEXICO; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLIOMYELITIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS;

EID: 33846231859     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280206070645     Document Type: Article

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