Authors' reply to: VanderWeele et al., Chiolero, and schooling et al

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2203-2205

  Broadbent, Alex ^a   Vandenbroucke, Jan ^b   Pearce, Neil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; JOB SEARCH; LITERATURE REVIEW; PUBLISHING;

ARTICLE; CAUSALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIST; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNICITY; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; HUMAN; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PEDAGOGICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESTRICTED POTENTIAL OUTCOMES APPROACH; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 85017109997     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyw163     Document Type: Article

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