Examination of 'early mortality exclusion' as an approach to control for confounding by occult disease in epidemiologic studies of mortality risk factors

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 146, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 672-680

  Allison, David B ^a,d   Heo, Moonseong ^a   Flanders, Dana W ^b   Faith, Myles S ^a   Williamson, David F ^c  

^a Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Confounding factors (epidemiology); Death; Mortality; Odds ratio; Relative hazard; Relative risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030668397     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009334     Document Type: Article

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