ML and REML estimation in survival analysis with time dependent correlated frailty

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1201-1213

  Yau, K K W ^a   McGilchrist, C A ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; PLACEBO;

CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION FUNCTION; COVARIANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; TIME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CHILD; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFECTION; INTERFERON TYPE II; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032525798     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19980615)17:11<1201::AID-SIM845>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Review

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