Multivariate Mann-Whitney estimators for the comparison of two treatments in a three-period crossover study with

Atsushi Kawaguchi1, Gary G Koch

  • 1Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. kawaguchi_atsushi@med.kurume-u.ac.jp

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