Data, design, and background knowledge in etiologic inference

被引：221

作者：

Robins, JM ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Harvard Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol & Biostat, Boston, MA 02115 USA

来源：

EPIDEMIOLOGY | 2001年 / 12卷 / 03期

关键词：

inference; etiology; study design; data collection; data analysis; epidemiologic methods;

D O I：

10.1097/00001648-200105000-00011

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

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.

引用

页码：313 / 320

页数：8

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