Risk set sampling in epidemiologic cohort studies

Statistical Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-53

  Langholz, Bryan ^a   Goldstein, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Censoring; Cohort sampling; Efficiency; Martingale; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002473486     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/ss/1032209663     Document Type: Article

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