Differences between marginal structural models and conventional models in their exposure effect estimates: A systematic review

Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 586-588

  Suarez, David ^a,b   Borràs, Roger ^a   Basagaña, Xavier ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Comisión Del Mercado de Las Telecomunicaciones ^*  (Spain)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^d INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^e CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITATION ANALYSIS; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MARGINAL STRUCTURAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

CAUSALITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80051549992     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31821d0507     Document Type: Article

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