Re: "credible mendelian randomization studies: Approaches for evaluating the instrumental variable assumptions"

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 457-458

  Palmer, Tom M ^a   Ramsahai, Roland R ^b   Lawlor, Debbie A ^a   Sheehan, Nuala A ^c   Didelez, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; BODY MASS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; LETTER; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBESITY; VALIDITY;

CAUSALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84865710187     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws250     Document Type: Letter

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