Clustered survival data with left-truncation

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Clustered survival data with left-truncation. / Eriksson, Frank; Martinussen, Torben; Scheike, Thomas H.

In: Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, Vol. 42, No. 4, 12.2015, p. 1149–1166.

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Eriksson, F, Martinussen, T & Scheike, TH 2015, 'Clustered survival data with left-truncation', Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 1149–1166. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjos.12157

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Eriksson, F., Martinussen, T., & Scheike, T. H. (2015). Clustered survival data with left-truncation. Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, 42(4), 1149–1166. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjos.12157

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Eriksson F, Martinussen T, Scheike TH. Clustered survival data with left-truncation. Scandinavian Journal of Statistics. 2015 Dec;42(4):1149–1166. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjos.12157

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Eriksson, Frank ; Martinussen, Torben ; Scheike, Thomas H. / Clustered survival data with left-truncation. In: Scandinavian Journal of Statistics. 2015 ; Vol. 42, No. 4. pp. 1149–1166.

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