Effect modification and the limits of biological inference from epidemiologic data

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 221-232

  Thompson, W Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025959790     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(91)90033-6     Document Type: Article

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