Erratum: Causal inference - So much more than statistics (International Journal of Epidemiology (2016) 45 (1895-1903) DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyw328);Causal inference-so much more than statistics

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1895-1903

  Pearce, Neil ^a,b   Lawlor, Debbie A ^c  

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

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CAUSAL INFERENCE; CAUSALITY; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; DIRECTED ACYCLIC GRAPH; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STATISTICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CAUSALITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 85017100305     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyz246     Document Type: Erratum

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