Invited Commentary: Bias Attenuation and Identification of Causal Effects with Multiple Negative Controls

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 185, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 950-953

  Miao, Wang ^a   Tchetgen Tchetgen, Eric ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

air pollution study; bias attenuation; identification; negative control; time series study

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH IMPACT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SAMPLING BIAS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EXPOSURE; FLANDERS; JOINT; MODEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; STATISTICAL BIAS;

AIR POLLUTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS;

EID: 85020412304     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwx012     Document Type: Review

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