Journal of Renal Nutrition
Volume 20, Issue 5 , Pages 342-347 , September 2010

Imputation Methods for Handling Missing Dietary Supplement Dosage Data

  • June Leung, PhD, RD

      Affiliations

    • Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Johanna Dwyer, DSc, RD

      Affiliations

    • Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Medicine and Community Health, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Patricia Hibberd, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Paul Jacques, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • William Rand, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts

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 Supported by the National Kidney Foundation Council on Renal Nutrition Research Grant.

PII: S1051-2276(10)00077-4

doi: 10.1053/j.jrn.2010.03.006

Journal of Renal Nutrition
Volume 20, Issue 5 , Pages 342-347 , September 2010

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