Understanding causal inference: The future direction in sports injury prevention

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 220-224

  Shrier, Ian ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bias; Causation; Confounding

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DISABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPORT INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAUSALITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS;

EID: 34249870596     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3180385a8c     Document Type: Review

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