Sensitivity analysis for unmeasured confounders using an electronic spreedsheet

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 446-452

  Cabral, Maria Deolinda Borges ^a,c   Luiz, Ronir Raggio ^b  

^a INSTITUTO BRASILEIRO DE GEOGRAFIA E ESTATÍSTICA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Confounding (Epidemiology); Electronic spreadsheet; Observational studies; Sensitivity analysis; Statistical interpretation of data

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250736777     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102007000300017     Document Type: Article

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