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Causal Diagrams for Immortal Time Bias Publisher Pubmed



Mansournia MA1 ; Nazemipour M2 ; Etminan M3
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  1. 1. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Osteoporosis Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Source: International Journal of Epidemiology Published:2021


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