Constructing inverse probability weights for continuous exposures: A comparison of methods

Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 292-299

  Naimi, Ashley I ^a   Moodie, Erica E M ^a   Auger, Nathalie ^b   Kaufman, Jay S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH CERTIFICATES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ODDS RATIO; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; QUEBEC;

EID: 84894174160     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000053     Document Type: Article

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