Understanding the Assumptions Underlying Instrumental Variable Analyses: a Brief Review of Falsification Strategies and Related Tools

Purpose of Review Instrumental variable (IV) methods continue to be applied to questions ranging from genetic to social epidemiology. In the epidemiologic literature, discussion of whether the assumptions underlying IV analyses hold is often limited to only certain assumptions and even then, argumen...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Current epidemiology reports Jg. 5; H. 3; S. 214 - 220
Hauptverfasser:	Labrecque, Jeremy, Swanson, Sonja A.
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	Cham Springer International Publishing 01.01.2018 Springer Nature B.V
Schlagworte:	Epidemiologic Methods (R Maclehose Epidemiologic Methods (R Maclehose, Section Editor) Epidemiology Medicine Medicine & Public Health Section Editor Topical Collection on Epidemiologic Methods Instrumental variable Falsification Mendelian randomization
ISSN:	2196-2995, 2196-2995
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