Alzheimer's disease and smoking: Bias in cohort studies

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 313-321

  Debanne, Sara M ^a   Bielefeld, Roger A ^a,b   Cheruvu, Vinay K ^a   Fritsch, Thomas ^a,d   Rowland, Douglas Y ^a,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c D Y Rowland Associates   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Bias; Cohort studies; Competing risk; Markov Chain; Simulation; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE SPECIFIC CARE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SIMULATION; SMOKING;

EID: 34547136481     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2007-11308     Document Type: Article

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