THE USE OF EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION FOR ESTIMATION OF THE RETENTION RATE OF IUD
Due to the limitations of the “life table method” the exponential model was used to estimate the IUD termination and retention rate among 1,390 women. Since the conditional probability of IUD termination during the first month of insertion is considerably higher than the subsequent months, data rela...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
1979-06-01
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Series: | Iranian Journal of Public Health |
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Online Access: | https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/2660 |