Estimating regional centile curves from mixed data sources and countries

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 2891-2911

  Van Buuren, Stef ^a,b   Hayes, Daniel J ^c   Stasinopoulos, D Mikis ^d   Rigby, Robert A ^d   Ter Kuile, Feiko O ^c   Terlouw, Dianne J ^c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asia; Body weight; Centile estimation; GAMLSS; Mixture model; Worm plot

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; BODY WEIGHT; BOX COX POWER EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTION; BOX COX T DISTRIBUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POPULATION GROWTH; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIMALARIALS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BIOSTATISTICS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GROWTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449433145     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3667     Document Type: Article

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