Instrumental variable methods for effectiveness research

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-26

  Sturm, Roland ^a,b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b 1700 Main Street ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Instrumental variables; Observational data

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001994029     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.31     Document Type: Article

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