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Title: Instrumental variable approach to estimating the scalar‐on‐function regression model with measurement error with application to energy expenditure assessment in childhood obesity
Award ID(s):
1812258
PAR ID:
10148938
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Statistics in Medicine
Volume:
38
Issue:
20
ISSN:
0277-6715
Page Range / eLocation ID:
3764 to 3781
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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