A class of tests for the equality of k cause-specific hazard rates in a competing risks model

Biometrika

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 179-188

  Lam, K F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Competing risks model; Linear rank statistic; Locally most powerful rank test; Zero mean martingale

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004103505     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/85.1.179     Document Type: Article

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