Tutorial on methods for interval-censored data and their implementation in R

Statistical Modelling

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 259-297

  Gómez, Guadalupe ^a   Calle, M Luz ^b   Oller, Ramon ^b   Langohr, Klaus ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIC CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF CATALONIA   (Spain)

^c INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Interval censoring; Simulation; Software R; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749125444     PISSN: 1471082X     EISSN: 14770342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471082X0900900402     Document Type: Article

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