A random effects model for multivariate failure time data from multicenter clinical trials

Biometrics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 182-189

  Cai, Jianwen ^a   Sen, Pranab K ^a   Zhou, Haibo ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Censoring; Conditional hazard model; Interactions; Multicenter clinical trials; Multivariate failure times; Random effect

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SAMPLING;

CENSORING; CONDITIONAL HAZARD MODEL; FAILURE TIME; HAZARD MODELING; INTERACTION; MULTI-CENTER CLINICAL TRIALS; MULTIVARIATE FAILURE TIME; RANDOM EFFECTS; RANDOM EFFECTS MODEL; VARIANCE ESTIMATORS;

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; VARIANCE;

EID: 0032905785     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.1999.00182.x     Document Type: Article

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