A General, Multivariate Definition of Causal Effects in Epidemiology

Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 481-489

  Flanders, W Dana ^a   Klein, Mitchel ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; LUNG FUNCTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOMENCLATURE; POPULATION RISK; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; STRATIFIED SAMPLE; SURVIVAL; ODDS RATIO; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAUSALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84942805099     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000286     Document Type: Article

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