Model selection in time series studies of influenza-associated mortality

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Xi Ling ^a   Yang, Lin ^a   Chan, King Pan ^a   Chiu, Susan S ^a   Chan, Kwok Hung ^b   Peiris, J S Malik ^a,c   Wong, Chit Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c HKU PASTEUR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; GENERALIZED CROSS VALIDATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PARTIAL AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTIONS OF RESIDUALS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUASI AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; QUASI BAYESIAN INFORMATION CRITERION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84862699414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039423     Document Type: Article

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