Simultaneous-Equation Estimation in a Clinical Trial of the Effect of Smoking on Birth Weight
- 1 June 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Biometrics
- Vol. 45 (2) , 619-622
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2531503
Abstract
Controlled experiments can be used to study the effects on health of behaviors that cannot be perfectly controlled. A simple statistical technique allows causal effects to be distinguished from selection effects. The technique is applied to measure the effect of maternal smoking on birth weight.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: