When it is better to estimate a slope with only one point

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 821-824

  Thiébaut, Rodolphe ^a,b,c   Walker, S ^d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RANDOM SAMPLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 53049110681     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcn099     Document Type: Article

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