Statistical models for recurrent events and death: Application to cancer events

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 52, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 949-955

  Rondeau, V ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Correlated survival times; Cure frailty model; Frailty models; Joint frailty model; Nested frailty model; Penalized likelihood

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CORRELATED SURVIVAL TIME; FRAILTY MODELS; HIERARCHICAL LEVEL; JOINT ANALYSIS; PENALIZED LIKELIHOOD; RECURRENT EVENTS; SEMIPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL MODEL;

CURING;

EID: 77955703958     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcm.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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