Two pitfalls in survival analyses of time-dependent exposure: A case study in a cohort of Oscar nominees

American Statistician

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 205-211

  Wolkewitz, Martin ^a   Allignol, Arthur ^a   Schumacher, Martin ^a   Beyersmann, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cumulative hazard; Event history; Hazard ratio; Left truncation; Survival bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649436592     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/tast.2010.08259     Document Type: Article

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