Random measurement error and regression dilution bias

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7761, 2010, Pages 1402-1406

  Hutcheon, Jennifer A ^a   Chiolero, Arnaud ^b,c   Hanley, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; MEASUREMENT ERROR; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77954096284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c2289     Document Type: Article

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