Journal:
:journal of biostatistics and epidemiology
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ali zare department of epidemiology and biostatistics, school of health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
mahmood mahmoodi department of epidemiology and biostatistics, school of health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
kazem mohammad department of epidemiology and biostatistics, school of health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
hojjat zeraati department of epidemiology and biostatistics, school of health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
mostafa hosseini department of epidemiology and biostatistics, school of health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
kourosh holakouie-naieni department of epidemiology and biostatistics, school of health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
b a c k g r o u n d & aim: multi-state models can help better understand the process of chronic diseases such as cancers. these models are influenced by assumptions like individual homogeneity. this study aimed to investigate the effect of lack of individual homogeneity assumption in multi-state models. methods & materials: to investigate the effect of lack of individual homogeneity ass...
