Causal knowledge as a prerequisite for confounding evaluation: An application to birth defects epidemiology

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 176-184

  Hernán, Miguel A ^a   Hernández Diaz, Sonia ^b   Werler, Martha M ^b   Mitchell, Allen A ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Causality; Confounding factors (epidemiology); Inference; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAUSALITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENTAL RECALL; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; ONTARIO; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037080447     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/155.2.176     Document Type: Article

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