Linear rank tests for competing risks model

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 971-983

  Hu, Xiaoping Sylvia ^a   Tsai, Wei Yann ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Competing risks model; Linear rank tests; Optimal tests; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033260345     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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