R help - Feb 2004 - variance estimator for the cumulative incidence function

Hi everyone,
I am using the package cmprsk in R to estimate the cumulative incidence
function and its variance. In the manual it is mentioned that the variance
is calculated based on Dr. Aalen's paper (1978, Nonparametric estimation of
partial transition probabilities in multiple decrement models). 

I would appreciate if someone could provide me with a source where the
variance is expressed in a more readable way, for example as a sum. 

I appreciate your help. 
Thank you. 



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On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Pintilie, Melania wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
> I am using the package cmprsk in R to estimate the cumulative incidence
> function and its variance. In the manual it is mentioned that the variance
> is calculated based on Dr. Aalen's paper (1978, Nonparametric
estimation of
> partial transition probabilities in multiple decrement models).
>
> I would appreciate if someone could provide me with a source where the
> variance is expressed in a more readable way, for example as a sum.
>
It may well be that the simplest thing is to read the source code.
Survival analysis has pretty much moved to counting process notation.

	-thomas