Choice of degree of smoothing in fitting nonparametric regression models for temperature-mortality relation in Japan based on a Priori knowledge

Journal of Health Science

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-153

  Likhvar, Victoria Nikolaeuna ^a   Honda, Yasushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Model choice; Nonparametric regression; Smoothing; Temperature mortality relation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 44449095020     PISSN: 13449702     EISSN: 13475207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/jhs.54.143     Document Type: Article

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