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Causal inference based on counterfactuals

BACKGROUND: The counterfactual or potential outcome model has become increasingly standard for causal inference in epidemiological and medical studies. DISCUSSION: This paper provides an overview on the counterfactual and related approaches. A variety of conceptual as well as practical issues when e...

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Autor principal: Höfler, M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1239917/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16159397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-5-28