Regression analysis of discrete time survival data under heterogeneity

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 1983-1993

  Xue, Xiaonan ^a   Brookmeyer, Ron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COVARIANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL TIME;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030827927     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19970915)16:17<1983::AID-SIM628>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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