Sensitivity analysis for incomplete data

Longitudinal Data Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 501-551

  Molenberghs, Geert ^a   Verbeke, Geert ^b   Kenward, Michael G ^c  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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

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