Open AccessInvestigating indicators and determinants of asthma in young adults
Author(s) -
Mario Grassi,
Massimiliano Bugiani,
Roberto de Marco
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
european journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.825
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1573-7284
pISSN - 0393-2990
DOI - 10.1007/s10654-006-9062-5
Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , public health , epidemiology , environmental health , immunology , pathology
In epidemiological studies on asthma determinants an extreme variability in results exists, probably due to different criteria utilised for defining of an asthma 'case' and for measuring determinants. We aimed to assess multiple indicators and multiple determinants of asthma in young adults by applying latent variable mixture models (LVMMs), a novel statistical modelling with hidden (or latent) variables.
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