Doubly robust estimation of the generalized impact fraction

Biostatistics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 455-467

  Taguri, Masataka ^a   Matsuyama, Yutaka ^b   Ohashi, Yasuo ^b   Harada, Akiko ^c   Ueshima, Hirotsugu ^d  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Nishiyama Kogyo Ochanomizu Building 5F   (Japan)

^d SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attributable fraction; Causal inference; Doubly robust estimation; Generalized impact fraction; Inverse probability weighting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STROKE;

EID: 84863590045     PISSN: 14654644     EISSN: 14684357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxr038     Document Type: Article

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