Restricted mean life with covariates: Modification and extension of a useful survival analysis method

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 93, Issue 442, 1998, Pages 702-709

  Zucker, David M ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Kaplan Meier curves; Stratified Cox model; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032381820     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1998.10473722     Document Type: Article

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