Remarks on antagonism

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 173, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1140-1147

  Vanderweele, Tyler J ^a   Knol, Mirjam J ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

causality; dichotomous response; interaction; minimal sufficiency; synergism

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; SYNERGISM;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL RESEARCH;

CAUSALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79955751365     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr009     Document Type: Article

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