Marginal structural models and causal inference in epidemiology

Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 550-560

  Robins, James M ^a   Hernán, Miguel Ángel ^a   Brumback, Babette ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality; Confounding; Counterfactuals; Epidemiologic methods; Intermediate variables; Longitudinal data; Structural models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPOSURE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CAUSALITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; ZIDOVUDINE;

EID: 0033847784     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200009000-00011     Document Type: Article

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