On the causal structure of information bias and confounding bias in randomized trials

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1214-1216

  Shahar, Eyal ^a   Shahar, Doron J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal diagrams; Confounding; Directed acyclic graphs; Information bias; Measurement bias; Randomized trials

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT SURVEY;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAUSALITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 73549121310     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01347.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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