Concordance with known causal effects is a potential validity measure for observational studies

J Clin Epidemiol. 2016 Jun:74:4-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.01.016. Epub 2016 Jan 20.

Author

C Mary Schooling¹

Affiliation

¹ CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, 2180 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10035, USA; Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Patrick Manson Building, 7 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: mschooli@hunter.cuny.edu.

PMID: 26802283
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.01.016

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MeSH terms

Causality*
Humans
Observational Studies as Topic / statistics & numerical data*
Reproducibility of Results