Does finasteride affect the severity of prostate cancer? A causal sensitivity analysis

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 484, 2008, Pages 1392-1404

  Shepherd, Bryan E ^a   Redman, Mary W ^b   Ankerst, Donna P ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Principal stratification; Selection bias; Treatment effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 41049113936     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214508000000706     Document Type: Article

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