Regression splines in the time-dependent coefficient rates model for recurrent event data

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 28, 2008, Pages 5890-5906

  Amorim, Leila D ^a   Cai, Jianwen ^b   Zeng, Donglin ^b   Barreto, Maurício L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Marginal rates model; Recurrent time to event data; Regression splines; Time dependent coefficient

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN A;

EID: 60849090808     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3400     Document Type: Article

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