Confounding and causal path diagrams

Modern Methods for Epidemiology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-13

  Law, Graham R ^a   Ellison, George T H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84892312091     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-3024-3_1     Document Type: Chapter

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