Marginal structural models for partial exposure regimes

Biostatistics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-59

  Vansteelandt, Stijn ^a   Mertens, Karl ^b   Suetens, Carl ^b   Goetghebeur, Els ^b,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Direct effect; ICU; Intermediate variables; Marginal structural models; Nosocomial infection; Time dependent confounding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BELGIUM; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

BELGIUM; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PNEUMONIA; PROBABILITY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57749100459     PISSN: 14654644     EISSN: 14684357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxn012     Document Type: Article

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