Confronting the confounders: The meaning, detection, and treatment of confounders in research

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 175-179

  Rhodes, Anne E ^a   Lin, Elizabeth ^b   Streiner, David L ^b,c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit and Department of Food and Nutrition Services and Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bias; Confounding; Epidemiologic methods; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PREDICTION; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICS;

EID: 0032912689     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674379904400209     Document Type: Article

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