Nonparametric estimation for length-biased and right-censored data

Biometrika

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 177-186

  Huang, Chiung Yu ^a   Qin, Jing ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Backward and forward recurrence time; Cross sectional sampling; Partial likelihood; Random truncation; Renewal process

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952124267     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/asq069     Document Type: Article

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