Commentary: Selection bias in clinical epidemiology: Causal thinking to guide patient-centered research

Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 466-468

  Glymour, M Maria ^a   Mayeda, Elizabeth Rose ^a   Selby, Van N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DYING; GENETIC RISK; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART GRAFT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NOTE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTION BIAS; SMOKING; THINKING; STATISTICAL BIAS;

BIAS; HUMANS; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 84959277204     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000473     Document Type: Note

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