The frailty model

The Frailty Model

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-316

  Duchateau, Luc ^a   Janssen, Paul ^b   Gail, M ^c   Krickeberg, K ^d   Sarmet, J ^e   Tsiatis, A ^f   Wong, W ^g  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Johns Hopkins University ^*  (France)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72835-3     Document Type: Book

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