Extension of the life table to repeating and changing events

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 143, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1266-1276

  Hoover, Donald R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

age adjustment; cumulative incidence; hypothesis testing; life table; life event table; longitudinal data; recurrent events; time varying measurements

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGE; ARTICLE; LIFE EVENT; LIFE TABLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; THEORY; TIME;

EID: 0029924853     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008714     Document Type: Article

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