Data, design, and background knowledge in etiologic inference
Data, design, and background knowledge in etiologic inference
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DOI：
10.1097/00001648-200105000-00011
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发表时间：
2001-05-01
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5.4
通讯作者：
Robins, JM
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作者：
Robins, JM
我用两个例子来证明，流行病学研究的适当病因学分析不仅取决于数据，还取决于研究设计和背景主题知识。因果图的使用方便了演示。
I use two examples to demonstrate that an appropriate etiologic analysis of an epidemiologic study depends as much on study design and background subject-matter knowledge as on the data. The demonstration is facilitated by the use of causal graphs.