A frailty model for (interval) censored family survival data, applied to the age at onset of non-physical problems

Lifetime Data Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 299-315

  Jonker, M A ^a   Boomsma, D I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Additive gamma frailty model; Family data; Heritability; Interval censoring; Survival analysis; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; GENETICS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ONSET AGE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NETHERLANDS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953539622     PISSN: 13807870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10985-009-9141-5     Document Type: Article

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