On informative detection bias in screening studies

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2635-2650

  Sjölander, Arvid ^a   Humphreys, Keith ^a   Palmgren, Juni ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Counterfactuals; DAG; Detection bias; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETECTION BIAS; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; VARIANCE;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 47249120928     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3091     Document Type: Article

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