Left-truncated data with age as time scale: An alternative for survival analysis in the elderly population

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1998, Pages

  Lamarca, Rosa ^a   Alonso, Jordi ^a   Gómez, Guadalupe ^b   Muñoz, Álvaro ^c  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; SURVIVAL TIME; TIME;

EID: 0032407008     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/53A.5.M337     Document Type: Article

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