Interaction fallacy

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 809-812

  Morabia, Alfredo ^a   Have, Tom Ten ^b   Richard Landis, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Interaction; Odds ratio; Risk ratio

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BREAST NEOPLASMS; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; ODDS RATIO; RISK;

EID: 0030818488     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(97)00053-X     Document Type: Article

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