Recommendations for presenting analyses of effect modification and interaction

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 514-520

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

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Effect modification; Interaction; Recommendations

Indexed keywords

THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EFFECT MODIFICATION; INTERACTION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CAUSALITY; EFFECT MODIFIER, EPIDEMIOLOGIC; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84859652622     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr218     Document Type: Article

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