Efficiency issues among statistical methods for demonstrating efficacy of caries prevention

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 83, Issue SPEC. ISS. C, 2004, Pages

  Mancl, L A ^a   Hujoel, P P ^a   DeRouen, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlated data; Poisson regression; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL TRIALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4143136708     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154405910408301S19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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