Confounding by indication in clinical research

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 316, Issue 17, 2016, Pages 1818-1819

  Kyriacou, Demetrios N ^a,b   Lewis, Roger J ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COFFEE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL BIAS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84997531276     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.16435     Document Type: Review

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