Inference about causation from examination of familial confounding (ICE FALCON): a model for assessing causation analogous to Mendelian randomization
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Inference about causation from examination of familial confounding: application to longitudinal twin data on mammographic density measures that predict breast cancer risk.
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0300-5771,1464-3685
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyaa065