A mixed model framework for teratology studies

Biostatistics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 744-755

  Braeken, Johan ^a,b   Tuerlinckx, Francis ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Cito group   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conditional independence; Copula; Finite mixtures; Item response theory; Mixed model; Teratology

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; TERATOGENIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TERATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANTICONVULSANTS; BIOSTATISTICS; BOSTON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; TERATOGENS; TERATOLOGY;

EID: 74349110141     PISSN: 14654644     EISSN: 14684357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxp028     Document Type: Article

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