Time-to-event analysis of longitudinal follow-up of a survey: Choice of the time-scale

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 72-80

  Korn, Edward L ^a   Graubard, Barry I ^a   Midthune, Douglas ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

cohort studies; epidemiologic methods; proportional hazards models; statistics; survey methods; survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

EID: 0031014135     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009034     Document Type: Article

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