A novel method for controlling unobserved confounding using double confounders

A novel method for controlling unobserved confounding using double confounders

Abstract Background Controlling unobserved confounding still remains a great challenge in observational studies, and a series of strict assumptions of the existing methods usually may be violated in practice. Therefore, it is urgent to put forward a novel method. Methods We are interested in the cau...

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Main Authors: Lu Liu, Lei Hou, Yuanyuan Yu, Xinhui Liu, Xiaoru Sun, Fan Yang, Qing Wang, Ming Jing, Yeping Xu, Hongkai Li, Fuzhong Xue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Unobserved confounders
Generalized moment estimate model
Identification
Causal effect
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-020-01049-0

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