Proportional hazards models based on biased samples and estimated selection probabilities

Canadian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-127

  Pan, Qing ^a   Schaubel, Douglas E ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Hazard regression; Observational study; Selection bias; Survival analysis; Weighted Cox model.

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649203042     PISSN: 03195724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjs.5550360111     Document Type: Article

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