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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...
Autores principales: | Smith, George Davey, Lawlor, Debbie A, Harbord, Roger, Timpson, Nic, Day, Ian, Ebrahim, Shah |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2007
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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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