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Gesundheitswesen 2011; 73(12): 915-917
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1291188
Directed Acyclic Graphs
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Modellselektion in einer Studie zur berufsbedingten Gonarthrose – Erfahrungen mit der Anwendung von Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs)

Model Selection for a Study of Occupational Knee Arthritis — Experiences Applying Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs)
J. Hegewald
1   Institut und Poliklinik für Arbeits- und Sozialmedizin, Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden
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A. Seidler
1   Institut und Poliklinik für Arbeits- und Sozialmedizin, Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden
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22 December 2011 (online)

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Gonarthrose - Confounder - DAG - kausale Diagramme - epidemiologische Methoden - Berufskrankheit

Key words

osteoarthritis - knee - confounding factors - DAG - causal diagrams - epidemiologic methods - occupational disease
 

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