Analysis of a Randomized Trial to Prevent Vertical Transmission of HIV-1

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 95, Issue 452, 2000, Pages 1032-1043

  Hughes, James P ^a   Richardson, Barbra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Interval censoring; Maximum likelihood; Self consistency; Vertical transmission; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0442278012     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2000.10474300     Document Type: Article

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