On asymptotic failure rates in bivariate frailty competing risks models

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1174-1180

  Finkelstein, Maxim ^a,b   Esaulova, Veronica ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c Pearl Group Ltd   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79551582064     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2007.11.012     Document Type: Article

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