The foundations of confounding in epidemiology (Q1104676)

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    The foundations of confounding in epidemiology (English)
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    1987
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    According to the authors, a statistically coherent view on confounding is presented. Confounding by a covariate C in the presence of data on C is distinguished from confounding in the absence of data on C. A covariate C is defined to be a nonconfounder in the absence of data on C if the parameter of interest can be asymptotically unbiasedly estimated absent data on C. When data on C are available, C is defined to be a nonconfounder for a parameter of interest if inference on that parameter does not depend on data through C. A related, and by the present authors often quoted paper is \textit{O. S. Miettinen} and \textit{E. F. Cook}, Confounding: essence and detection. Am. J. Epidemiol. 114, 593-603 (1981).
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    epidemiology
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    confounding
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    presence of data
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    absence of data
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    covariate
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    nonconfounder
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