Modelling distortions in seroprevalence data using change-point fractional polynomials

Statistical Modelling

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-175

  Hens, N ^a   Kvitkovicova, A ^b   Aerts, M ^a   Hlubinka, D ^b   Beutels, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Change point; Detecting distortions; Fractional polynomial; Model selection criteria; Seroprevalence data

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953205321     PISSN: 1471082X     EISSN: 14770342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471082X0801000203     Document Type: Article

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