A cautionary note on the use of Mendelian randomization to infer causation in observational epidemiology

被引：22

作者：

Bochud, Murielle ^{[1
]}

Chiolero, Arnaud ^{[1
]}

Elston, Robert C. ^{[2
]}

Paccaud, Fred ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Inst Social & Prevent Med, Community Prevent Unit, Lausanne, Switzerland

[2] Case Western Reserve Univ, Dept Epidemiol & Biostat, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY | 2008年 / 37卷 / 02期

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D O I：

10.1093/ije/dym186

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

引用

页码：414 / 416

页数：3

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