Understanding Marginal Structural Models for Time-Varying Exposures: Pitfalls and Tips

Epidemiologists are increasingly encountering complex longitudinal data, in which exposures and their confounders vary during follow-up. When a prior exposure affects the confounders of the subsequent exposures, estimating the effects of the time-varying exposures requires special statistical techni...

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Main Authors: Tomohiro Shinozaki, Etsuji Suzuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Japan Epidemiological Association 2020-09-01
Series:Journal of Epidemiology
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jea/30/9/30_JE20200226/_pdf