Identification, estimation and approximation of risk und interventions that depend on the natural value of treatment using observational data

Epidemiologic Methods

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-19

  Young, Jessica G ^a   Hernán, Miguel A ^a   Robins, James M ^a  

^a HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal inference; G formula; Inverse probability weighting; Random dynamic regimes; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028226922     PISSN: 21949263     EISSN: 2161962X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/em-2012-0001     Document Type: Article

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