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Gesundheitswesen 2011; 73(12): 921-922
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1291194
Directed Acyclic Graphs
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Kommentar: Directed Acyclic Graphs  −  die Verwirklichung eines Traums?

Invited Commentary: Directed Acyclic Graphs – Realization of a Dream?
I. Pigeot
1   Bremer Institut für Präventionsforschung und Sozialmedizin (BIPS), Universität Bremen
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R. Foraita
1   Bremer Institut für Präventionsforschung und Sozialmedizin (BIPS), Universität Bremen
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Kausalität - Confounder - Verzerrung - epidemiologische Forschung

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causality - confounder - bias - epidemiologic research
 

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