Between-within models for survival analysis

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 3067-3076

  Sjölander, Arvid ^a   Lichtenstein, Paul ^a   Larsson, Henrik ^a   Pawitan, Yudi ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Between within model; Causal inference; Co twin control study; Confounding; Sibling comparison study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BETWEEN WITHIN MODEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDY DESIGN; SURVIVAL RATE;

BETWEEN-WITHIN MODEL; CAUSAL INFERENCE; CO-TWIN CONTROL STUDY; CONFOUNDING; SIBLING COMPARISON STUDY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84880037983     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.5767     Document Type: Article

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