An introduction to g methods

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 756-762

  Naimi, Ashley I ^c   Cole, Stephen R ^a   Kennedy, Edward H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

G Estimation; G Formula; G Methods; Inverse Probability Weighting; Marginal Structural Model; Monte Carlo Estimation; Structural Nested Model

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NESTEDNESS; NUMERICAL METHOD; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; G METHOD; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROCEDURES; STRUCTURAL MODEL; CAUSALITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CAUSALITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 85031759643     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyw323     Document Type: Article

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