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[Estimation on tolerance limits and tolerance interval regarding the disease incubation]

Fei Zhao1, Quan-cai Cai, Qi-ming Chen

  • 1Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi = Zhonghua Liuxingbingxue Zazhi
|February 17, 2012
PubMed
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This study estimates disease incubation tolerance limits using Poisson and beta distributions. Findings provide methods for calculating intervals for disease incubation periods with incomplete data.

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