Cox Regression with Accurate Covariates Unascertainable: A Nonparametric-Correction Approach

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 95, Issue 452, 2000, Pages 1209-1219

  Huang, Yijian ^a   Wang, C Y ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Censored data; Estimating equation; Functional delta method; Measurement error; Partial likelihood; Proportional hazards model; Replication data; Semiparametric inference

Indexed keywords

EID: 0442293850     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2000.10474321     Document Type: Article

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