SCEW: A Microsoft Excel add-in for easy creation of survival curves

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-17

  Khan, Haseeb Ahmad ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Add in program; Algorithm; Microsoft Excel; Survival curves

Indexed keywords

ADD-IN PROGRAM; MICROSOFT EXCEL; SUBROUTINE; SURVIVAL CURVES;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER GRAPHICS EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INSTALLATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PHARMACOKINETICS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SPREADSHEETS;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL TRIALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745726012     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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