Structural nested models and standard software: A mathematical foundation through partial likelihood

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 186-206

  Lok, Judith J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality in continuous time; Counterfactuals; Longitudinal data; Observational studies; Partial likelihood; Standard software

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847391494     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: 14679469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9469.2006.00539.x     Document Type: Article

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