Analytical approaches for transplant research, 2004

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 4 II, 2005, Pages 950-957

  Schaubel, Douglas E ^a   Dykstra, Dawn M ^b   Murray, Susan ^c   Ashby, Valarie B ^a   McCullough, Keith P ^b   Dickinson, David M ^b   Hulbert Shearon, Tempie E ^a   Webb, Randall L ^a   Wolfe, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Univ Ren Res and Educ Assoc   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Death ascertainment; OPTN; SRTR; Statistical analysis; Survival analysis; Transplantation research

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 16244370068     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6135.2005.00837.x     Document Type: Review

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