On semi-competing risks data

Biometrika

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 907-919

  Fine, J P ^a   Jiang, H ^b   Chappell, R ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR BIOSTATISTICS IN AIDS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clayton model; Dependent censoring; Martingale; Product limit estimator; Robustness; U statistic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012837948     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/88.4.907     Document Type: Article

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