Toward a clarification of the taxonomy of "bias" in epidemiology textbooks

Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 216-222

  Schwartz, Sharon ^a   Campbell, Ulka B ^a,b   Gatto, Nicolle M ^a,b   Gordon, Kirsha ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY; BOOK; CLASSIFICATION; CONFOUNDING BIAS; CONFUSION (UNCERTAINTY); EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION BIAS; INVALIDITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELECTION BIAS; STATISTICAL BIAS; TAXONOMY; VALIDITY; NOMENCLATURE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLASSIFICATION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; SELECTION BIAS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TEXTBOOKS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84924027270     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000224     Document Type: Review

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