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A Delta Method for Implicitly Defined Random Variables

Jacques Benichou Département de Biostatistique et Informatique Médicale, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, Cédex, 10 75475, France
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Mitchell H. Gail Biostatistics Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
Pages 41-44 | Received 01 Oct 1987, Published online: 27 Feb 2012

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