Combining directed acyclic graphs and the change-in-estimate procedure as a novel approach to adjustment-variable selection in epidemiology.

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Published in BMC Med Res Methodol on October 11, 2012

Authors

David Evans1, Basile Chaix, Thierry Lobbedez, Christian Verger, Antoine Flahault

Author Affiliations

1: Inserm UMR-S 707, Paris, France. davidwevans1@gmail.com

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