Matching with multiple controls to estimate treatment effects in observational studies

Sociological Methodology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 325-353

  Smith, Herbert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0031522938     PISSN: 00811750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9531.271030     Document Type: Article

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