Survival models for exploring tuberculosis clinical trial data-an empirical comparison

Indian Journal of Science and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 755-758

  Ponnuraja, C ^a   Venkatesan, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

Author keywords

Accelerated failure time model; Proportional hazards model; Time dependent covariate; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858011753     PISSN: 09746846     EISSN: 09745645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2010/v3i7/29809     Document Type: Article

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