Population inference with mortality and attrition in longitudinal studies on aging: A two-stage multiple imputation method

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 187-203

  Harel, Ofer ^a   Hofer, Scott M ^b   Hoffman, Lesa ^c   Pedersen, Nancy L ^d   Johansson, Boo ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORTALITY; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 33847696223     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610730701239004     Document Type: Article

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