Estimating the survival distribution when ascertainment of vital status is subject to delay

Biometrika

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 371-380

  Ping, H U ^a   Tsiatis, Anastasios A ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Counting process; Martingale; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142201974     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/83.2.371     Document Type: Article

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