Methods to apply probabilistic bias analysis to summary estimates of association

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 638-644

  Lash, Timothy L ^a,b   Schmidt, Morten ^a   Jensen, Annette Østergaard ^a   Engebjerg, Malene Cramer ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias analysis; Epidemiologic methods; Misclassification; Residual confounding

Indexed keywords

CLOPIDOGREL; GLUCOCORTICOID; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISEASE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953528710     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1938     Document Type: Article

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