Discretizing a Continuous Covariate in Survival Studies

Handbook of Statistics

Volumn 23, Issue , 2003, Pages 27-42

  Klein, John P ^a   Wu, Jing Tao ^a  

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EID: 26444476521     PISSN: 01697161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7161(03)23002-9     Document Type: Review

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