Statistical modeling of causal effects in continuous time

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1464-1507

  Lok, Judith J ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality in continuous time; Counterfactuals; Longitudinal data; Observational studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 51049122594     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/009053607000000820     Document Type: Article

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