Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 56, Issue 1 , Pages 28-37 , January 2003

Developing a prognostic model in the presence of missing data: an ovarian cancer case study

Received 8 October 2001 ,Revised 15 February 2002 ,Accepted 19 July 2002.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 56, Issue 1 , Pages 28-37 , January 2003

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