Efficient estimation for the proportional hazards model with left-truncated and "case 1" interval-censored data

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 519-537

  Kim, Jong S ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic distribution; Left truncated and "Case 1" interval censored data; Proportional hazards model; Variance estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037706303     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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