Importance of events per independent variable in proportional hazards analysis. I. Background, goals, and general strategy.

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Published in J Clin Epidemiol on December 01, 1995

Authors

J Concato1, P Peduzzi, T R Holford, A R Feinstein

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine (Clinical Epidemiology Unit), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

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