A goodness-of-fit test for association in a bivariate survival model

Biometrika

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 189-200

  Shih, Joanna H ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clayton model; Concordance; Conditional hazard ratio; Frailty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012778342     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/85.1.189     Document Type: Article

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