Sense and sensitivity when correcting for observed exposures in randomized clinical trials

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-210

  Vansteelandt, Stijn ^a   Goetghebeur, E ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Compliance; Identifiability; Missing data; Selection bias; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOXICITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 12344319569     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.1829     Document Type: Article

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