On Modeling and Estimation for the Relative Risk and Risk Difference

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 112, Issue 519, 2017, Pages 1121-1130

  Richardson, Thomas S ^a   Robins, James M ^b   Wang, Linbo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivariate mapping; Estimating equation; Semiparametric model; Variation independence

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017441257     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2016.1192546     Document Type: Article

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