Causal inference through potential outcomes and principal stratification: Application to studies with "censoring" due to death

Statistical Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 299-309

  Rubin, Donald B ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Missing data; Quality of life; Rubin causal model; Truncation due to death

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845368290     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/088342306000000114     Document Type: Article

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