AIMC Topic: Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic

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Signals Among Signals: Prioritizing Nongenetic Associations in Massive Data Sets.

American journal of epidemiology
Massive data sets are often regarded as a panacea to the underpowered studies of the past. At the same time, it is becoming clear that in many of these data sets in which thousands of variables are measured across hundreds of thousands or millions of...

Causal models adjusting for time-varying confounding-a systematic review of the literature.

International journal of epidemiology
BACKGROUND: Obtaining unbiased causal estimates from longitudinal observational data can be difficult due to exposure-affected time-varying confounding. The past decade has seen considerable development in methods for analysing such complex longitudi...

Task and postural factors are related to back pain in helicopter pilots.

Aviation, space, and environmental medicine
BACKGROUND: A previous survey by Shear et al. revealed a high prevalence of back pain in Royal Navy helicopter aircrew, compared with controls. It was recommended that a second survey be undertaken, taking account of flying tasks and cockpit ergonomi...