Statistical modelling of falls count data with excess zeros

Injury Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 266-270

  Khan, Asaduzzaman ^a   Ullah, Shahid ^b   Nitz, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; EVALUATION; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79960841222     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2011.031740     Document Type: Article

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