Generalized log-rank tests for partly interval-censored failure time data

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 375-385

  Zhao, Xingqiu ^a   Zhao, Qiang ^b   Sun, Jainguo ^c   Kim, Jong S ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic distribution; Empirical process; Log rank test; Partial interval censoring; Survival comparison

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC DISTRIBUTIONS; EMPIRICAL PROCESS; FAILURE TIME DATA; INTERVAL CENSORING; LOG-RANK TEST; OBSERVED DATA; PARTIAL INTERVAL-CENSORING; RANK TEST; SURVIVAL COMPARISON; SURVIVAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 49849087554     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200710419     Document Type: Article

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