Correcting for omitted-variables and measurement-error bias in regression with an application to the effect of lead on IQ

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 93, Issue 442, 1998, Pages 494-505

  Marais, M Laurentius ^a   Wecker, William E ^a  

^a William E Wecker Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Auxiliary information; Bias correction; Confounding; Errors in variables

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032390643     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1998.10473697     Document Type: Article

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