A multi-state model for joint modelling of terminal and non-terminal events with application to Whitehall II

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 426-442

  Siannis, F ^a   Farewell, Vernon T ^a   Head, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multi state models; Semi competing risks; Weibull models

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CORONARY DISEASE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33846188480     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2342     Document Type: Article

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