An example of how immortal time bias can reverse the results of an observational study

Jaakko Airaksinen; Jaana Pentti; Sakari Suominen; Jussi Vahtera; Mika Kivimäki

doi:10.1097/EDE.0000000000001103

An example of how immortal time bias can reverse the results of an observational study

Jaakko Airaksinen, Jaana Pentti, Sakari Suominen, Jussi Vahtera, Mika Kivimäki

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Original language	English
Journal	Epidemiology
Volume	31
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	e19-e20
Number of pages	2
ISSN	1044-3983
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0000000000001103
Publication status	Published - Mar 2020
MoE publication type	B1 Journal article

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515 Psychology

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