Semiparametric Estimation of the Impacts of Longitudinal Interventions on Adolescent Obesity using Targeted Maximum-Likelihood: Accessible Estimation with the ltmle Package

While child and adolescent obesity is a serious public health concern, few studies have utilized parameters based on the causal inference literature to examine the potential impacts of early intervention. The purpose of this analysis was to estimate the causal effects of early interventions to impro...

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Main Authors: Decker Anna L., Hubbard Alan, Crespi Catherine M., Seto Edmund Y.W., Wang May C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2014-03-01
Series:Journal of Causal Inference
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/jci-2013-0025