The role of model selection in causal inference from nonexperimental data

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 1986, Pages 392-402

  Robins, James M ^a   Greenland, Sander ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICS;

BAYES THEOREM; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

EID: 0022569935     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114254     Document Type: Review

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