Can DAGs clarify effect modification?

Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 569-572

  Weinberg, Clarice R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

CAUSALITY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 34547905708     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e318126c11d     Document Type: Review

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