Additive and multiplicative covariate regression models for relative survival incorporating fractional polynomials for time-dependent effects

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 3871-3885

  Lambert, Paul C ^a   Smith, Lucy K ^a   Jones, David R ^a   Botha, Johannes L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Excess mortality; Fractional polynomials; Relative survival; Survival analysis; Time dependent covariates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL RECORD; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 30944440022     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2399     Document Type: Article

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