Gap time bias in incident and prevalent cohorts

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 999-1010

  Wang, Mei Cherig ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gap time; Informative censoring; Longitudinal studies; Multiple events; Prevalent cohort

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033268842     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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