Multiple imputation methods for inference on cumulative incidence with missing cause of failure

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 974-993

  Lee, Minjung ^a   Cronin, Kathleen A ^a   Gail, Mitchell H ^a   Dignam, James J ^b   Feuer, Eric J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cause specific hazard function; Competing risks; Counting process; Missing at random; Proportional hazards model

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASYMPTOTIC THEORIES; CAUSE-SPECIFIC HAZARD FUNCTION; COMPETING RISKS; COUNTING PROCESS; CUMULATIVE INCIDENCE; HAZARD FUNCTION; IMPUTATION METHODS; MISSING AT RANDOMS; MULTIPLE IMPUTATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARD MODELS;

HAZARDS;

EID: 80755180973     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.201000175     Document Type: Article

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