Commentary: Three worlds collide: Berkson's bias, selection bias and collider bias

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 521-524

  Pearce, Neil ^a,b   Richiardi, Lorenzo ^c  

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

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERKSON BIAS; COLLIDER BIAS; CONDITIONING; EAR INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NOTE; OTITIS MEDIA; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTION BIAS; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICAL BIAS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MEDICAL RECORD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HOSPITAL RECORDS;

EID: 84899859680     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu025     Document Type: Note

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