Confounding and interaction

Handbook of Epidemiology: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 659-684

  Pearce, Neil ^a,b   Greenland, Sander ^c,d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09834-0_10     Document Type: Chapter

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