Nonparametric estimation in an "illness-death" model when all transition times are interval censored

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 823-843

  Frydman, Halina ^a   Gerds, Thomas ^b   Grøn, Randi ^b   Keiding, Niels ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dental data; Interval censored "illness death" model; Nonparametric maximum likelihood estimation; Randomized cohort study; Self consistency equations

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

CENSORED TIME; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL DATA; INTERVAL CENSORED "ILLNESS-DEATH" MODEL; NON-PARAMETRIC ESTIMATIONS; NONPARAMETRIC MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATIONS; ON STATE; RANDOMIZED COHORT STUDY; SELF-CONSISTENCY EQUATIONS; TRANSITION TIME;

MARKOV PROCESSES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENTAL DATA; DENTAL VENEER; HUMAN; INTERVAL CENSORED " ILLNESS-DEATH" MODEL; NONPARAMETRIC MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED COHORT STUDY; SELF-CONSISTENCY EQUATIONS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME;

DENTAL DATA; INTERVAL CENSORED " ILLNESS-DEATH" MODEL; NONPARAMETRIC MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; RANDOMIZED COHORT STUDY; SELF-CONSISTENCY EQUATIONS;

ALGORITHMS; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL VENEERS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84886500441     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.201200139     Document Type: Article

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