The derivation of a latent threshold instrumental variables model

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 517-544

  Glickman, Mark E ^a   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Causal inference; Iterative simulation; Observational studies; Treatment effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034370195     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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