Analysis of left-censored quantitative outcome: example of procalcitonin level;Analyse d'une variable quantitative censurée à gauche : exemple du taux de procalcitonine

Revue d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-220

  Asselineau, J ^a,b   Thiebaut R ^a,b   Perez, P ^a,b   Pinganaud, G ^a   Chene G ^a,b,c  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Left censored data; Maximum likelihood; Multiple imputation; Quantification limit; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOMETRY; CALCITONIN; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

EID: 34250002008     PISSN: 03987620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respe.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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