Piecewise constant cross-ratio estimation for association of age at a marker event and age at menopause

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 473, 2006, Pages 65-77

  Nan, Bin ^a   Lin, Xihong ^b   Lisabeth, Lynda D ^c   Harlow, Siobán D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivariate survival; Clayton model; Cross ratio function; Left truncation; Menopausal transition; Two stage method

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645499362     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214505000000934     Document Type: Article

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