Multicollinearity may lead to artificial interaction: An example from a cross sectional study of biomarkers

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 404-409

  Sithisarankul, Pornchai ^a   Weaver, Virginia M ^a   Diener West, Marie ^a   Strickland, Paul T ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COTININE; CREATININE; LEAD; LEVULINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; STATISTICAL MODEL; URINE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; COTININE; CREATININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; LEAD; LEVULINIC ACIDS; LINEAR MODELS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0031151386     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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