Semiparametric two-sample tests in clinical trials with a post-randomisation response indicator

Biometrika

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 221-230

  Slud, Eric V ^a   Korn, Edward L ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auxiliary endpoints; Delta method; Maximum partial likelihood estimator; Proportional hazards model; Stratification; Surrogate endpoints

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041502703     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/84.1.221     Document Type: Article

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