@article{Cai2008, author = {Cai, L. and Schenker, N. and Lubitz, J. and Diehr, P. and Arnold, A. and Fried, L.P. }, title= {Evaluation of a method for fitting a semi-Markov process model in the presence of left-censored spells using the Cardiovascular Health Study}, year = {2008}, doi = {10.1002/sim.3382}, journal = {Statistics in Medicine}, volume = {27}, number = {26}, pages = {5509--5524}, }