Confidence intervals for uncommon but dramatic responses to treatment

Biometrics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1164-1171

  Rosenbaum, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributable effects; Causal effects; Observational study; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM PRODUCTION; ATTRIBUTABLE EFFECT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSAL EFFECT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEAK PERFORMANCE; POWER; RANK TEST; WORKERS';

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ALUMINUM; DISEASE TREATMENT; DNA; HEALTH IMPACT; MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; TESTING METHOD;

ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DNA DAMAGE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WORKER;

EID: 36749076569     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2007.00783.x     Document Type: Article

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