A proposed method to adjust for selection bias in cohort studies

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 602-608

  Törner, Anna ^a   Duberg, Ann Sofi ^b   Dickman, Paul ^c   Svensson, Åke ^d  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bias (epidemiology); Bias adjustment; Cohort studies; Communicable diseases; Data analysis; Statistical modeling

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEPATITIS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIRAL DISEASE;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEPATITIS C; INCIDENCE; LIVER CANCER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING;

COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEPATITIS C; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; SELECTION BIAS; TIME;

SWEDEN;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 77249095044     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp432     Document Type: Article

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