Using zero inflated models to analyze dental caries with many zeroes

Indian Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 480-485

  Javali, Shivalingappa B ^a   Pandit, Parameshwar V ^b  

^a SDM COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

DMF index count data; Negative Binomial; Overdispersed; Poisson; Zero Inflated models; ZIP and ZINB

Indexed keywords

TOOTHPASTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUGAR INTAKE; TIME; TOOTH BRUSHING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DIETARY SUCROSE; DMF INDEX; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INDIA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH LOSS; TOOTHBRUSHING; TOOTHPASTES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650892556     PISSN: 09709290     EISSN: 19983603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9290.74210     Document Type: Article

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