Accuracy loss due to selection bias in cohort studies with left truncation

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 491-502

  Schisterman, Enrique F ^a   Cole, Stephen R ^b   Ye, Aijun ^a   Platt, Robert W ^c  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

fixed left truncation; Selection bias; variable left truncation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FIXED LEFT TRUNCATION; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LEFT TRUNCATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TIME TO PREGNANCY; VARIABLE LEFT TRUNCATION;

FIXED LEFT TRUNCATION; SELECTION BIAS; VARIABLE LEFT TRUNCATION;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 84882280482     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12073     Document Type: Article

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