Non-ignorable loss to follow-up: correcting mortality estimates based on additional outcome ascertainment.

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Published in Stat Med on July 22, 2013

Authors

M Schomaker1, T Gsponer, J Estill, M Fox, A Boulle

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1: Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, University of Cape Town, Falmouth Building, Observatory, 7925, South Africa.

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