Model selection in time series studies of influenza-associated mortality.
BACKGROUND: Poisson regression modeling has been widely used to estimate influenza-associated disease burden, as it has the advantage of adjusting for multiple seasonal confounders. However, few studies have discussed how to judge the adequacy of confounding adjustment. This study aims to compare th...
Main Authors: | Xi-Ling Wang, Lin Yang, King-Pan Chan, Susan S Chiu, Kwok-Hung Chan, J S Malik Peiris, Chit-Ming Wong |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3380027?pdf=render |
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