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1994 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Selecting a frailty model for longitudinal breast cancer data

Authors : D. Moreira dos Santos, R. B. Davies

Published in: Selecting Models from Data

Publisher: Springer New York

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Different units often exhibit different failure rates. Frailty models allow for heterogeneity across units over and above the variation attributable to covariates included in the analysis. This paper reviews frailty model methods, using parametric and semiparametric specifications, for longitudinal breast cancer data.

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Title
Selecting a frailty model for longitudinal breast cancer data
Authors
D. Moreira dos Santos
R. B. Davies
Copyright Year
1994
Publisher
Springer New York
Book
Selecting Models from Data

Print ISBN: 978-0-387-94281-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4612-2660-4

Copyright Year: 1994

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2660-4_31