Confounding adjustment through front-door blocking in longitudinal studies

A common aim of epidemiological research is to estimate the causal effect of a particular exposure on a particular outcome. Towards this end, observed associations are often ‘adjusted’ for potential confounding variables. When the potential confounders are unmeasured, explicit adjustment becomes unf...

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Main Authors: Arvid Sjölander, Rino Bellocco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2013-03-01
Series:Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health
Online Access:http://ebph.it/article/view/8757
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