A non-parametric maximum likelihood estimator for bivariate interval censored data

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 3089-3100

  Betensky, Rebecca A ^a   Finkelstein, Dianne M ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIALS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FECES; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; SPUTUM; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0033619715     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19991130)18:22<3089::AID-SIM191>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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