论文信息 - Linear rank tests for interval-censored data with application to PCB levels in adipose tissue of transformer repair workers.

Linear rank tests for interval-censored data with application to PCB levels in adipose tissue of transformer repair workers.

Linear rank statistics are described for testing for differences between groups when the data are interval-censored. The statistics are closely related to those described by Prentice (1978, Biometrika 65, 167-179) for right-censored data. Problems in calculating the statistics are discussed and several approaches to computation including estimation of the efficient rank scores are described. Results from a small simulation study are presented. The methods are applied to data from a study relating tissue levels of PCBs to occupational exposure.

S G Self | S. Self | E. Grossman | E A Grossman

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