Semiparametric marginal regression analysis for dependent competing risks under an assumed copula

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 235-251

  Chen, Yi Hau ^a  

^a ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dependent censoring; Non parametric maximum likelihood; Proportional hazards; Proportional odds; Sensitivity analysis; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949524059     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: 14679868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9868.2009.00734.x     Document Type: Article

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