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The individualistic fallacy, ecological studies and instrumental variables: a causal interpretation

The validity of ecological studies in epidemiology for inferring causal relationships has been widely challenged as observed associations could be biased by the Ecological Fallacy. We reconsider the important design components of ecological studies, and discuss the conditions that may lead to spurio...

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Autores principales: Loney, Tom, Nagelkerke, Nico J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4350299/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25745504
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-7622-11-18