First and Second Order Generalized Estimating Equations and Their Application in Analyzing Longitudinal Microleakage Data

Background and Aim : Longitudinal data are frequently obtained in medical studies. When the main aim of a study is marginal modeling of the mean and the correlation structure is considered as a nuisance parameter, the first- order generalized estimating equations (GEE1) is usually an appropriate opt...

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Main Authors: Farid Zayeri, Somayeh Bardineshin, Ali reza Akbarzadeh-Bagheban, Mamak Adel, Saeid Asgari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Islamic Dental Association of Iran 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Islamic Dental Association of Iran
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Online Access:http://jidai.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-637&slc_lang=en&sid=1