Is it a risk factor or confounder? A discussion of selected analytic methods using education as an example

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 413-418

  Hannan, Marian T ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84988220887     PISSN: 0004-3591     EISSN: 1529-0131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199610)9:5<413::AID-ANR1790090511>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Review

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