Clustered Environments and Randomized Genes: A Fundamental Distinction between Conventional and Genetic Epidemiology

BACKGROUND: In conventional epidemiology confounding of the exposure of interest with lifestyle or socioeconomic factors, and reverse causation whereby disease status influences exposure rather than vice versa, may invalidate causal interpretations of observed associations. Conversely, genetic varia...

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Autores principales: Smith, George Davey, Lawlor, Debbie A, Harbord, Roger, Timpson, Nic, Day, Ian, Ebrahim, Shah
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2121108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18076282
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040352

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2121108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18076282
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040352

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