A survival analysis approach to modeling human fecundity

Biostatistics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-17

  Sundaram, Rajeshwari ^a   McLain, Alexander C ^a   Buck Louis, Germaine M ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Censoring; Conception; Discrete survival; Fecundity; Random effects; Time varying covariates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSTATISTICS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PREGNANCY; SURVIVAL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

BAYES THEOREM; BIOSTATISTICS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEW YORK; PREGNANCY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 83755205370     PISSN: 14654644     EISSN: 14684357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxr015     Document Type: Article

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