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A review of instrumental variable estimators for Mendelian randomization

Instrumental variable analysis is an approach for obtaining causal inferences on the effect of an exposure (risk factor) on an outcome from observational data. It has gained in popularity over the past decade with the use of genetic variants as instrumental variables, known as Mendelian randomizatio...

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Autores principales: Burgess, Stephen, Small, Dylan S, Thompson, Simon G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5642006/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26282889
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0962280215597579