A threshold regression model for recurrent exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1324-1331

  Aaron, S D ^a   Ramsay, T ^a   Vandemheen, K ^a   Whitmore, G A ^b  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); Event time; Exacerbation; Poisson process; Threshold regression; Wiener diffusion process

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SALMETEROL; TIOTROPIUM BROMIDE;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; THERAPY EFFECT; THRESHOLD REGRESSION MODEL; WEINER DIFFUSION MODEL;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 78049235948     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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