Cox regression with incomplete covariate measurements using the EM-algorithm

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 479-491

  Martinussen, Torben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cox analysis; EM algorithm; Missing covariate data; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033242688     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9469.00163     Document Type: Article

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