A marginal structural modeling approach to assess the cumulative effect of drug treatment on later drug use abstinence

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 221-240

  Li, Libo ^a   Evans, Elizabeth ^a   Hser, Yih Ing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Center for Advancing Longitudinal Drug Abuse Research (CALDAR)   (United States)

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EID: 77952843310     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002204261004000112     Document Type: Article

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