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Identification of causal effects in case-control studies

BACKGROUND: Case-control designs are an important yet commonly misunderstood tool in the epidemiologist’s arsenal for causal inference. We reconsider classical concepts, assumptions and principles and explore when the results of case-control studies can be endowed a causal interpretation. RESULTS: W...

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Autores principales: L. Penning de Vries, Bas B., Groenwold, Rolf H. H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8742362/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34996386
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12874-021-01484-7