Can multivariate analysis rule out causality?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1476-

  Graney, Marshall J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECUBITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOTE;

CAUSALITY; HUMANS; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESSURE ULCER;

EID: 0030330374     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb04075.x     Document Type: Editorial

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