Non-parametric inference for cumulative incidence functions in competing risks studies

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 901-910

  Lin, D Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION COMPLICATION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV-1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; RECURRENCE; RISK; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030915453     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19970430)16:8<901::AID-SIM543>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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