RE: "COMPARISON OF STATISTICAL APPROACHES FOR DEALING WITH IMMORTAL TIME BIAS IN DRUG EFFECTIVENESS STUDIES".

Am J Epidemiol

Institute for Medical Biometry and Statistics, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.

Published: December 2016

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