Introducing the At-Risk Average Causal Effect with Application to HealthWise South Africa

Prevention Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 437-447

  Coffman, Donna L ^a   Caldwell, Linda L ^a   Smith, Edward A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Cigarette smoking initiation; Leisure boredom; Marginal Structural Models

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84864383521     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-011-0271-0     Document Type: Article

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