Marginal hazards model for case-cohort studies with multiple disease outcomes

Biometrika

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 887-901

  Kang, S ^a   Cai, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Case cohort design; Marginal hazards model; Multiple disease outcomes; Multivariate failure time; Survival analysis; Weighted estimating equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 71249092221     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/asp059     Document Type: Article

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