Causal diagrams for epidemiologic research

Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-48

  Greenland, Sander ^a   Pearl, Judea ^b   Robins, James M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Causation confounding; Epidemiologic methods; Graphical methods; Observational studies

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0032924944     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199901000-00008     Document Type: Article

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