A Joint Mixed Effects Dispersion Model for Menstrual Cycle Length and Time-to-Pregnancy

Biometrics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 648-656

  Mclain, Alexander C ^a   Lum, Kirsten J ^a,b   Sundaram, Rajeshwari ^a  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion models; Fecundity; Joint modeling; Mixture models; Prediction; Shared parameter models

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; OBSTETRICS;

CYCLE LENGTH; DISPERSION MODELS; FECUNDITY; JOINT MODELS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIXED EFFECTS; MIXTURE MODELING; PARAMETER MODEL; PROSPECTIVES; SHARED PARAMETER MODEL;

FORECASTING;

CANCER; DISPERSION; FECUNDITY; HORMONE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; WOMENS HEALTH;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862900986     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2011.01711.x     Document Type: Article

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