Semiparametric Bayesian approaches to joinpoint regression for population-based cancer survival data

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عنوان ژورنال: Computational Statistics & Data Analysis

سال: 2009

ISSN: 0167-9473

DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2009.04.011