Multiple imputation for missing data in epidemiological and clinical research: potential and pitfalls.

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Published in BMJ on June 29, 2009

Authors

Jonathan A C Sterne1, Ian R White, John B Carlin, Michael Spratt, Patrick Royston, Michael G Kenward, Angela M Wood, James R Carpenter

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PR. jonathan.sterne@bristol.ac.uk

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