Iterated residuals and time-varying covariate effects in Cox regression

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 473-488

  Winnett, Angela ^a   Sasieni, Peter ^b  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intensity models; Nonparametric regression; Nonproportional hazards; Schoenfeld residuals; Smoothing; Time varying coefficients

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038107032     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9868.00397     Document Type: Article

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