Invited commentary: G-computation-lost in translation?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 173, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 739-742

  Vansteelandt, Stijn ^a,b   Keiding, Niels ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Centre for Environment and Health   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

air pollution; asthma; regression analysis; simulation

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

CAUSALITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 79953904512     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq474     Document Type: Review

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