Measures of mortality in the study of individuals infected with the human immunodeficiency virus in the UK haemophilia population

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 191-198

  Darby, Sarah C ^a,b   Ewart, David W ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); Choice of end point; Haemophilia; Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); Misclassification error; Standardization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040581735     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-985X.00098     Document Type: Article

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