Analysis of episodic data with application to recurrent pulmonary exacerbations in cystic fibrosis patients

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 482, 2008, Pages 498-510

  Yan, Jun ^a   Fine, Jason P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; Generalized linear model; Recurrent episode; Recurrent event; Temporal process; Varying coefficient

Indexed keywords

EID: 49549093818     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214507000000482     Document Type: Article

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