An introduction to instrumental variables for epidemiologists.

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Instrumental-variable (IV) methods were invented over 70 years ago, but remain uncommon in epidemiology. Over the past decade or so, non-parametric versions of IV methods have appeared that connect IV methods to causal and measurement-error models important in epidemiological applications. This paper provides an introduction to those developments, illustrated by an application of IV methods to non-parametric adjustment for non-compliance in randomized trials.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Int J Epidemiol

Title: International journal of epidemiology

Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)

ISSN: 0300-5771

ISSN (Print): 0300-5771

Publication date (Electronic): Aug 2000

Volume: 29

Issue: 4

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[1 ] Department of Epidemiology, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772, USA.

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DOI: 10.1093/ije/29.4.722

PubMed ID: 10922351

SO-VID: 8b21e9ee-8826-42cf-82f7-0dd64a615406

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