Risk Factors for Breast, Uterine and Ovarian Cancer: A competing Risks Analysis
A competing risks situation arises when a unit can fail due to several distinct failure types. In a competing risk situation, standard techniques from survival analysis may lead to incorrect and biased results. In this thesis, the theory of competing risks is used to identify possible risk factors f...
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Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for matematiske fag
2011
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-13572 |