Confounding and effect modification: Possible explanation for variation in the results on the association between oral and systemic diseases

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 104-108

  Ylostalo P V ^a   Knuuttila, M L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Confounding; Effect modification; Oral diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DISEASE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PERIODONTITIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 33645082227     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2005.00886.x     Document Type: Article

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