Maximum likelihood estimation for cox's regression model under case-cohort sampling

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 283-293

  Scheike, Thomas H ^a   Martinussen, Torben ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Case cohort; Cox model; Efficiency; Proportional hazards model; Survival data

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942525670     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9469.2004.02-064.x     Document Type: Article

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