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Metformin and the Risk of Cancer: Time-related biases in observational studies

OBJECTIVE: Time-related biases in observational studies of drug effects have been described extensively in different therapeutic areas but less so in diabetes. Immortal time bias, time-window bias, and time-lag bias all tend to greatly exaggerate the benefits observed with a drug. RESEARCH DESIGN AN...

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Autores principales: Suissa, Samy, Azoulay, Laurent
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Diabetes Association 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3507580/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23173135
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc12-0788