Using latent variables in logistic regression to reduce multicollinearity, a case-control example: Breast cancer risk factors

Italian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-71

  Pourhoseingholi, Mohamad Amin ^a   Mehrabi, Yadolah ^a   Alavi Majd, Hamid ^a   Yavari, Parvin ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Factor analysis; Latent variables; Logistic regression; Multicollinearity; Principal components analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 51449121212     PISSN: 17237815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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