Marginal regression analysis of longitudinal data with time-dependent covariates: A generalized method-of-moments approach

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-99

  Tze, Leung Lai ^a   Small, Dylan ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimating equations; Generalized method of moments; Longitudinal data analysis; Marginal regression; Time dependent covariates; Working hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846193176     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: 14679868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9868.2007.00578.x     Document Type: Article

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