Adjusting for time-varying confounding in survival analysis

Sociological Methodology

Volumn 34, Issue , 2004, Pages 163-192

  Barber, Jennifer S ^a   Murphy, Susan A ^a   Verbitsky, Natalya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 16244397038     PISSN: 00811750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0081-1750.2004.00151.x     Document Type: Article

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