Using information on realized effects to determine prospective causal effects

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 759-774

  Joffe, Marshall M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bounds; Cancer screening; Causal inference; Mammography; Observational studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035540924     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9868.00311     Document Type: Article

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