Commentary: Generalized Causal Measure: The Beauty Lies in Its Generality

Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 490-495

  Suzuki, Etsuji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MORTALITY; NOTE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR; CAUSALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CAUSALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84942791404     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000304     Document Type: Note

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