Extension of Peto's test by attribution of tumor lethality in the absence of cause-of-death information

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 982-1001

  Moon, Hojin ^a   Ahn, Hongshik ^b   Kodell, Ralph L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Stony Brook University   (United States)

^c Biometry and Risk Assessment   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Competing risk; Fatal tumor; Incidental tumor; Sacrifice

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

CAUSES OF DEATH; COMPETING RISKS; FATAL TUMOR; INCIDENTAL TUMOR; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION METHOD; NONPARAMETRIC MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATIONS; SACRIFICE; SINGLE TERMINAL; STATISTICAL TESTING; TUMORIGENICITY;

TUMORS;

EID: 0036921545     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200290009     Document Type: Article

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