Comment: Problems with using auxiliary information to correct for omitted variables when estimating the effect of lead on IQ

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 93, Issue 442, 1998, Pages 505-513

  Waternaux, Christine ^a,b   Petkova, Eva ^a,b   Dumouchel, William ^c  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 85012502997     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1998.10473698     Document Type: Article

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