Missing information caused by death leads to bias in relative risk estimates

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1111-1120

  Binder, Nadine ^a   Schumacher, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bias (epidemiology); Cohort studies; Death induced bias; Illness death models; Risk factors; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMENTIA; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE SIMULATION; DYING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL BIAS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908258546     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.05.010     Document Type: Article

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