A method for detection of residual confounding in time-series and other observational studies

Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-67

  Flanders, W Dana ^a   Klein, Mitchel ^a   Darrow, Lyndsey A ^a   Strickland, Matthew J ^a   Sarnat, Stefanie E ^a   Sarnat, Jeremy A ^a   Waller, Lance A ^a   Winquist, Andrea ^a   Tolbert, Paige E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

ASTHMA; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; GEORGIA; HUMANS; OZONE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 78650767788     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181fdcabe     Document Type: Article

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