Estimation of attributable fractions using inverse probability weighting

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 415-428

  Sjölander, Arvid ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; COVARIANCE; PARAMETRIC TEST; PROBABILITY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OVERWEIGHT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 78650645131     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: 14770334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280209349880     Document Type: Article

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