Comparison of bias analysis strategies applied to a large data set

Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 576-582

  Lash, Timothy L ^a   Abrams, Barbara ^b   Bodnar, Lisa M ^c,d,e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS STRATEGY; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNDERWEIGHT; VALIDATION STUDY; ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROBABILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WEIGHT GAIN;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATASETS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROBABILITY; RESEARCH DESIGN; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84902245896     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000102     Document Type: Article

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