Estimating direct effects in cohort and case-control studies

Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 851-860

  Vansteelandt, Stijn ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSAL MODELING; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIMULATION;

CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK FACTORS;

EID: 74549199297     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181b6f4c9     Document Type: Article

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