Bias due to observation of different parts of a nonconstant hazard curve over time

Urology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-109

  Steineck, Gunnar ^a,b   Adolfsson, Jan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030200843     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(96)00093-3     Document Type: Article

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