Survival analysis (Biometry) (Topical Term)

Work cat.: Harris, E.K. Survivorship analysis for clinical studies, c1991.

MESH (A class of statistical procedures for estimating the survival function (function of time starting with a population 100% well and providing the % of the population still well at later times). The survival analysis is then used for making inferences about the effects of treatment, prognostic factors, exposures, and other covariates on the function.)

LC data base, 8/8/90 (survival analysis)

Kalbfleisch, J.D. The statistical analysis of failure time data, c1980: p. vii ("... methods that have been proposed for analyzing failure time data. Special attention has been paid to problems arising in the biomedical sciences.")

Lawless, J.F. Statistical models and methods for lifetime data, c1982: p. 1 ("The statistical analysis of what is variously referred to as lifetime survival time, or failure time data analysis has developed into an important topic for workers in many areas, especially in the engineering and biomedical sciences.")

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