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To Adjust or Not to Adjust? Sensitivity Analysis of M-Bias and Butterfly-Bias [PDF]
Journal of Causal Inference, 2015 “M-Bias,” as it is called in the epidemiologic literature, is the bias introduced by conditioning on a pretreatment covariate due to a particular “M-Structure” between two latent factors, an observed treatment, an outcome, and a “collider.” This ...
Ding Peng, Miratrix Luke W.
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Animal Viruses, Bacteria, and Cancer: A Brief Commentary [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2014 Animal viruses and bacteria are ubiquitous in the environment. However, little is known about their mode of transmission and etiologic role in human cancers, especially among high-risk groups (e.g., farmers, veterinarians, poultry plant workers, pet ...
Jimmy Thomas Efird +3 more
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PLoS Medicine, 2023 BackgroundBody mass index (BMI) and obesity rates have increased sharply since the 1980s. While multiple epidemiologic studies have found that higher adolescent cognitive ability is associated with lower adult BMI, residual and unobserved confounding due
Liam Wright, Neil M Davies, David Bann
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Global Epidemiology, 2023 I reviewed the epidemiologic literature for glyphosate and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) in the context of the frequency of exposure in each epidemiologic study, systemic dose from biomonitoring studies of applicators, and aspects of study quality.
John Acquavella
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State of the science on outdoor air pollution exposure and liver cancer risk
Environmental Advances, 2023 Background: There is emerging evidence that air pollution exposure increases the risk of developing liver cancer. To date, there have been four epidemiologic studies conducted in the United States, Taiwan, and Europe showing generally consistent positive
Trang VoPham, Rena R. Jones
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Evaluation of work-related psychosocial factors and regional musculoskeletal pain: results from a EULAR Task Force [PDF]
, 2009 Objectives: to establish whether review articles provide consistent conclusions on associations between workplace psychosocial factors and musculoskeletal pain and, if differences exist, to explore whether this is related to the methods used.Methods ...
Blyth, F.M. +10 more
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Differential Dietary Nutrient Intake according to Hormone Replacement Therapy Use: An Underestimated Confounding Factor in Epidemiologic Studies? [PDF]
American Journal of Epidemiology, 2007 Observational studies and randomized controlled trials have produced divergent results concerning the effect of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on cardiovascular disease and, to a lesser extent, dementia. Residual confounding (confounding that remains even after adjustment for various socioeconomic and lifestyle factors) is one explanation that has ...
Vercambre, Marie-Noël +5 more
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Confounders in Identification and Analysis of Inflammatory Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Diseases
Biomolecules, 2021 Proinflammatory biomarkers have been increasingly used in epidemiologic and intervention studies over the past decades to evaluate and identify an association of systemic inflammation with cardiovascular diseases.
Qurrat Ul Ain +4 more
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Air pollution as a risk factor for lung cancer [PDF]
Archive of Oncology, 2005 Over the past decade, an increasing body of scientific evidence has accrued associating outdoor air pollution with certain types of cancer. Ambient air, particularly in densely populated urban environments, contains a variety of known human carcinogens ...
Nikić Dragana, Stanković Aleksandra M.
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Cancer Informatics, 2023 Epidemiologic evidence for the association of cholesterol and breast cancer is inconsistent. Several factors may contribute to this inconsistency, including limited sample sizes, confounding effects of antihyperlipidemic treatment, age, and body mass ...
Jianglin Feng +2 more
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