Analysis of semiparametric regression models for repeated outcomes in the presence of missing data

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 90, Issue 429, 1995, Pages 106-121

  Robins, James M ^a   Rotnitzky, Andrea ^a   Zhao, Lue Ping ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Counterfactual causality; Dependent censoring; G computation algorithm; Generalized estimating equations; Intent to treat; Longitudinal data; Noncompliance; Randomized trial; Surrogate markers; Time dependent covariates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84950421496     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1995.10476493     Document Type: Article

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