Marginal Structural Models for Analyzing Causal Effects of Time-dependent Treatments: An Application in Perinatal Epidemiology

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 926-934

  Bodnar, Lisa M ^a,b,e   Davidian, Marie ^c   Siega Riz, Anna Maria ^a,b,d   Tsiatis, Anastasios A ^c  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality; Confounding factors (epidemiology); Epidemiologic methods; Longitudinal studies; Models, structural

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IRON THERAPY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MARGINAL STRUCTURAL MODEL; MATERNAL TREATMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRENATAL CARE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANEMIA; CAUSALITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORTH CAROLINA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2342554289     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwh131     Document Type: Article

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