Direct and indirect causal effects via potential outcomes

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-170

  Rubin, Donald B ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthrax vaccine; Biomarkers; Causal inference; Principal stratification; Rubin Causal Model; Surrogate outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942562549     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9469.2004.02-123.x     Document Type: Review

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