Adjustment uncertainty in effect estimation

Biometrika

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 635-651

  Crainiceanu, Ciprian M ^a   Dominici, Francesca ^a   Parmigiani, Giovanni ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment uncertainty; Air pollution; Bayesian model averaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 50949134553     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/asn015     Document Type: Article

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