Nonparametric estimation of transition probabilities in a non-markov illness-death model

Lifetime Data Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 325-344

  Meira Machado, Luís ^a   de Uña Álvarez, Jacobo ^b   Cadarso Suárez, Carmen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aalen johansen estimator; Kaplan meier estimator; Markov process; Multi state model; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROPRANOLOL;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMETRY; BLEEDING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENMARK; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; SCLEROTHERAPY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; BIOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENMARK; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROPRANOLOL; SCLEROTHERAPY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 35448980618     PISSN: 13807870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10985-006-9009-x     Document Type: Article

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