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Associations of mortality with own height using son's height as an instrumental variable
Height is associated with mortality from many diseases, but it remains unclear whether the association is causal or due to confounding by social factors, genetic pleiotropy, or existing ill-health. The authors investigated whether the association of height with mortality is causal by using a son...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier Science
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3685807/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22560304 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2012.04.003 |