On induced dependent censoring for quality adjusted lifetime (QAL) data in a simple illness-death model

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 79, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 2170-2176

  Pradhan, Biswabrata ^a   Dewanji, Anup ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

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EID: 70149088374     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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