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Tobit model for outcome variable is limited by censoring in nursing research.

Lin KC, Cheng SF

School of Nursing, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan. kuanchia@ntunhs.edu.tw

Published 31 August 2011 in Nurs Res, 60(5): 354-60.
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Associations of infant feeding practices and picky eating behaviors of preschool children.   J Am Diet Assoc, 111(9): 1363-8.

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Postexposure prophylaxis of breastfeeding HIV-exposed infants with antiretroviral drugs to age 14 weeks: updated efficacy results of the PEPI-Malawi trial.   J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 57(4): 319-25.

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The future of (psychiatric) nursing.   J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv, 49(8): 35-41.

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