Analysing direct effects in randomized trials with secondary interventions: An application to human immunodeficiency virus prevention trials

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 443-465

  Rosenblum, Michael ^a,b,c   Jewell, Nicholas P ^b   Van Der Laan, Mark ^b   Shiboski, Stephen ^c   Van Der Straten, Ariane ^c   Padian, Nancy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Intention to treat; Randomized trials; Time dependent confounding

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249208742     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: 1467985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2009.00585.x     Document Type: Article

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