Instrumental variable estimation in a survival context

Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 402-410

  Tchetgen, Eric J Tchetgen ^a   Walter, Stefan ^b   Vansteelandt, Stijn ^c   Martinussen, Torben ^d   Glymour, Maria ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; SURVIVAL; CAUSALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

CAUSALITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84937851644     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/eDe.0000000000000262     Document Type: Article

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