An independence test for doubly censored failure time data

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 503-511

  Sun, Jianguo ^a   Lim, Hee Jeong ^b   Zhao, Xingqiu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Estimating equation; Interval censoring; Proportional hazards model; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

COHORT STUDIES; ESTIMATING EQUATIONS; FAILURE TIME DATA; INDEPENDENCE ASSUMPTION; INDEPENDENCE TESTS; INTERVAL CENSORING; NUMBER OF METHODS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARD MODELS; SURVIVAL TIME; WALD TEST;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 19644400725     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200310060     Document Type: Article

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