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Comment
. 2014 Nov;25(6):898-901.
doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000178.

Commentary: Applying a causal road map in settings with time-dependent confounding

Maya L Petersen  1
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Commentary: Applying a causal road map in settings with time-dependent confounding

Maya L Petersen. Epidemiology. 2014 Nov.
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Directed acyclic graph corresponding to the simulated data example. A, The data generating process under an intervention to prevent graft-versus-host (GvHD) disease at times 1 and 2. B, The observed data-generating process.
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