Validation of a non-linear model of health

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1026-1035

  Topolski, Stefan ^a   Sturmberg, Joachim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

chaos; complex systems; complexity; computer modelling; entropy; epidemiology; health; illness; information theory; mortality; philosophy of medicine; probability; theory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH; DEATH; HEALTH; HUMAN; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; LOGLINEAR MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORTALITY; NON LINEAR HEALTH MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORTALITY; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 84923060849     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jep.12162     Document Type: Article

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