Residual confounding after adjustment for age: A minor issue in breast cancer screening effectiveness

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 585-588

  Van Schoor, Guido ^a   Paap, Ellen ^a   Broeders, Mireille J M ^a,b   Verbeek, André L M ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b National Expert and Training Centre for Breast Cancer Screening   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(Residual) confounding; Bias; Breast cancer screening; Effectiveness

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; NULLIPARA; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80054735361     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-011-9584-3     Document Type: Review

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