Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 211-216 , February 1997

Deriving more up-todate estimates of long-term patient survival

  • Hermann Brenner

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Hermann Brenner, Dept. of Epidemiology, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 43, D-89081 Ulm, Germany.
    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Ulm, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
    • ,
  • Olaf Gefeller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Statistics, University of Göttingen, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany

,Accepted 5 June 1996.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 211-216 , February 1997

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