Potential sensitivity of bias analysis results to incorrect assumptions of nondifferential or differential binary exposure misclassification

Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 902-909

  Johnson, Candice Y ^a,b   Flanders, W Dana ^a   Strickland, Matthew J ^a   Honein, Margaret A ^b   Howards, Penelope P ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ERROR; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM ERROR; SAMPLING BIAS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; VALIDATION STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUTRITION; STATISTICAL BIAS; UNITED STATES;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAUSALITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927910874     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000166     Document Type: Article

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