Avoidance of representativeness in presence of effect modification

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 630-631

  Stang, Andreas ^a,b   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^c  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE OF REPRESENTATIVENESS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; LETTER; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TARGET POPULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 84899867891     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyt263     Document Type: Letter

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