Abstract:
:A study of otitis media that requires a test for the comparison of two clustered samples of censored data is described. A method is proposed taking into account the within-subject correlation in the formation of the log-rank statistic.
journal_name
Biometricsjournal_title
Biometricsauthors
Le CT,Lindgren BRsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1996-03-01 00:00:00pages
328-34issue
1eissn
0006-341Xissn
1541-0420journal_volume
52pub_type
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