Confounding, homogeneity and collapsibility for causal effects in epidemiologic studies

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 63-75

  Geng, Zhi ^a   Guo, Jianhua ^a,c   Lau, Tai Shing ^b   Fung, Wing Kam ^d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Causal effect; Collapsibility; Confounding; Effect modification; Homogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035589990     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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