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Adjustment for Selection Bias in Observational Studies with Application to the Analysis of Autopsy Data
Author(s) -
Sebastien Haneuse,
Jonathan S. Schildcrout,
Paul K. Crane,
Joshua A. Sonnen,
John C.S. Breitner,
Eric B. Larson
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
neuroepidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.217
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1423-0208
pISSN - 0251-5350
DOI - 10.1159/000197389
Subject(s) - selection bias , dementia , generalizability theory , medicine , population , observational study , selection (genetic algorithm) , epidemiology , inverse probability weighting , identification (biology) , disease , pathology , psychology , surgery , computer science , artificial intelligence , propensity score matching , developmental psychology , environmental health , botany , biology
The interpretation of neuropathological studies of dementia and Alzheimer's disease is complicated by potential selection mechanisms that can drive whether or not a study participant is observed to undergo autopsy. Notwithstanding this, there appears to have been little emphasis placed on potential selection bias in published reports from population-based neuropathological studies of dementia.

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