Robust causal inference using directed acyclic graphs: The R package 'dagitty'

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1887-1894

  Textor, Johannes ^a   van der Zander, Benito ^b   Gilthorpe, Mark S ^c   Liśkiewicz, Maciej ^b   Ellison, George TH ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA SET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; SOFTWARE;

ARTICLE; CAUSALITY; DIRECTED ACYCLIC GRAPH; EPIDEMIOLOGIST; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ERROR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFTWARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICAL BIAS;

BIAS; CAUSALITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 85017097853     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyw341     Document Type: Article

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