Nonparametric estimation of the probability of illness in the illness-death model under cross-sectional sampling

Biometrika

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 861-872

  Mandel, M ^a   Fluss, R ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biased data; Disability model; Incidence; Nosocomial infection; Prevalence; Semi competing risks

Indexed keywords

EID: 71249124504     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/asp046     Document Type: Article

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