Causal analysis of individual change using the difference score

Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 414-421

  Clarke, Paul S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME; AGE; BIOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; BIOMETRY; CAUSALITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4344581108     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000120882.86399.e8     Document Type: Article

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