A generalisation of the Mantel-Haenszel test to bivariate failure time data

Biometrika

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 905-911

  Hsu, L I ^a   Prentice, Ross L ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlated failure times; Covariance test; Independence test; Mantel haenszel test; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141754266     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/83.4.905     Document Type: Article

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