Collider and reporting biases involved in the analyses of cause of death associations in death certificates: an illustration with cancer and suicide

Abstract Background Mortality data obtained from death certificates have been studied to explore causal associations between diseases. However, these analyses are subject to collider and reporting biases (selection and information biases, respectively). We aimed to assess to what extent associations...

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Main Authors: Moussa Laanani, Vivian Viallon, Joël Coste, Grégoire Rey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-12-01
Series:Population Health Metrics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12963-023-00320-y