Confounding in association studies: Month of birth and multiple sclerosis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 261, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1851-1856

  Fiddes, Barnaby ^a   Wason, James ^b   Sawcer, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Association; Confounding; Month of birth; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

BIRTH; BIRTH RATE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; ASSOCIATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; SEASON; TRENDS;

ASSOCIATION; BIRTH RATE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SEASONS;

EID: 84914687629     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-014-7241-y     Document Type: Review

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