Consistency and asymptotic normality of estimators in a proportional hazards model with interval censoring and left truncation

Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 160-172

  Datta, Somnath ^a   Satten, Glen A ^b   Williamson, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cox model; Current status data; Interval censoring; Left truncation; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 6744227959     PISSN: 00203157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004197201989     Document Type: Article

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