Parametric relative survival regression using generalized linear models with application to Hodgkin's lymphoma

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-89

  Weller, Edie A ^a   Feuer, Eric J ^b   Frey, Carolin M ^c   Wesley, Margaret N ^c  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Parametric model; Relative survival; Weibull generalized linear model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033481148     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9876.00141     Document Type: Article

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