Multilevel mixed linear models for survival data

Lifetime Data Analysis

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 131-142

  Ha, Il Do ^a   Lee, Youngjo ^b  

^a Daegu Haany University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hierarchical likelihood; Multilevel frailty models; Multilevel mixed linear models; Nested random effects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; LIFE TABLE; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; LIFE TABLES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 14944375730     PISSN: 13807870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10985-004-5644-2     Document Type: Article

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