Treatment of death in the analysis of longitudinal studies of gerontological outcomes

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 66 A, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-114

  Murphy, T E ^a   Han, L ^a   Allore, H G ^a   Peduzzi, P N ^a   Gill, T M ^a   Lin, H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional disability; Healthy survivor effect; Informative censoring; Joint analysis; Longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEATH; DISABILITY; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DEATH; DISABILITY EVALUATION; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 79951666237     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glq188     Document Type: Article

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