On modelling early life weight trajectories

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 371-396

  Pizzi, Costanza ^a,d   Cole, Tim J ^b   Corvalan, Camila ^c   Silva, Isabel dos Santos ^d   Richiardi, Lorenzo ^e   De Stavola, Bianca L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Growth curve; Jenss Bayley model; Random effects; Reed model; Splines; Super imposition by translation and rotation model; Weight

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893727707     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: 1467985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rssa.12020     Document Type: Article

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