Uncovering multiple pathways to substance use: A comparison of methods for identifying population subgroups

Journal of Primary Prevention

Volumn 31, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 333-348

  Dierker, Lisa ^a   Rose, Jennifer ^a   Tan, Xianming ^b   Li, Runze ^b  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision tree methods; Functional hierarchical linear modeling; Person centered; Quantitative methods; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION TREE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; REVIEW; RISK; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK; SMOKING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751673269     PISSN: 0278095X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10935-010-0224-6     Document Type: Article

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