Recent advances in age-period-cohort analysis. A commentary on Dregan and Armstrong, and on Reither, Hauser and Yang

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1449-1451

  Harding, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Analysis; Cohort; Period

Indexed keywords

AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; PERIODICITY;

AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71149116763     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.08.034     Document Type: Note

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