Comparison of generalized estimating equations and quadratic inference functions using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) database

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Odueyungbo, Adefowope ^a,b   Browne, Dillon ^c   Akhtar Danesh, Noori ^a   Thabane, Lehana ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR EVALUATION OF MEDICINES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMMIGRATION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL SURVEY OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH DATABASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUADRATIC INFERENCE FUNCTION; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATHEMATICS; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTHERS; ODDS RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 44349194887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-8-28     Document Type: Article

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