On dependence estimation using correlated failure time data from case-control family studies

Biometrika

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 743-753

  Hsu, L I ^a   Prentice, Ross L ^a   Zhao, Lue Ping ^a   Fan, Juan Juan ^b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivariate failure time; Case control family study; Proportional hazards model; Stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001369901     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/86.4.743     Document Type: Article

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