Two postestimation commands for assessing confounding effects in epidemiological studies

Stata Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 183-196

  Wang, Zhiqiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

All possible effects; Change in estimate; Chest; Confall; Confgr; Confounding; Epidemiological methods; St0124

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849053888     PISSN: 1536867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1536867x0700700203     Document Type: Article

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