Marginal and Nested Structural Models Using Instrumental Variables
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Marginal and Nested Structural Models Using Instrumental Variables
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Statistical Association
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0162-1459,1537-274X
DOI: 10.1198/jasa.2009.tm08299