Infant growth modelling using a shape invariant model with random effects

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2547-2564

  Beath, Ken J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Growth curve; Nonlinear mixed effects; Shape invariant model; Time dependent covariates

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PARAMETER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; WHEEZING;

BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 34249060336     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2718     Document Type: Article

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