The Janus face of statistical adjustment: Confounders versus colliders

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 361-363

  Janszky, Imre ^a   Ahlbom, Anders ^a   Svensson, Anna C ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bias; Collider; Confounder

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSAL MODELING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NOTE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; WEIGHT REDUCTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; STATISTICAL BIAS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAUSALITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS;

EID: 77955561136     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-010-9462-4     Document Type: Note

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