Erratum: Control of confounding and reporting of results in causal inference studies. Guidance for authors from editors of respiratory, sleep, and critical care journals (Annals of the American Thoracic Society (2019) 16 (22-28) DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201808-564PS);Control of confounding and reporting of results in causal inference studies

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 22-28

  Lederer, David J ^a   Bell, Scott C ^b   Branson, Richard D ^c   Chalmers, James D ^d   Marshall, Rachel ^e   Maslove, David M ^f   Ost, David E ^g   Punjabi, Naresh M ^h   Schatz, Michael ⁱ   Smyth, Alan R ^j   Stewart, Paul W ^k   Suissa, Samy ^l   Adjei, Alex A ^m   Akdis, Cezmi A ⁿ   Azoulay, Élie ^o   Bakker, Jan ^a,p,q   Ballas, Zuhair K ^r   Bardin, Philip G ^s   Barreiro, Esther ^t   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^u   Bernstein, Jonathan A ^v   Brusasco, Vito ^w   Buchman, Timothy G ^x   Chokroverty, Sudhansu ^y   Collop, Nancy A ^x   Crapo, James D ^z   Fitzgerald, Dominic A ^aa   Hale, Lauren ^ab   Hart, Nicholas ^ac   Herth, Felix J ^ad   Iwashyna, Theodore J ^ae   Jenkins, Gisli ^j   Kolb, Martin ^af   Marks, Guy B ^ag   Mazzone, Peter ^ah   Moorman, J Randall ^ai,aj   Murphy, Thomas M ^ak   Noah, Terry L ^al   Reynolds, Paul ^am   Riemann, Dieter ^an   Russell, Richard E ^ao,ap   Sheikh, Aziz ^aq   Sotgiu, Giovanni ^ar   Swenson, Erik R ^as   Szczesniak, Rhonda ^c,at   Szymusiak, Ronald ^au   Teboul, Jean Louis ^av   Vincent, Jean Louis ^av   more..

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^e University London   (United Kingdom)

^f QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^k University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^l MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^m MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^o SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^p ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^q PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^r UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^s MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^t INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^u UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^v UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^x EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^y NEW JERSEY NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^z NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^ab STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ac GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^ae VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^af MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^ah LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^aj University of Virginia   (United States)

^ak HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^al UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^am UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^an UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^ao UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^ap UK   (United Kingdom)

^aq UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^ar UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^as UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^at CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^au UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^av BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

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Author keywords

Causality; Confounding factors; Epidemiology; Research design

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL INFERENCE; CAUSAL MODELING; CAUSALITY; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; ECOLOGICAL FALLACY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ALGORITHM; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; PULMONOLOGY; SLEEP MEDICINE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; CAUSALITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS, EPIDEMIOLOGIC; CRITICAL CARE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PULMONARY MEDICINE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SLEEP MEDICINE SPECIALTY;

EID: 85056625269     PISSN: 23296933     EISSN: 23256621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.162erratum     Document Type: Erratum

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