Truncation bias

Evidence of a paradoxical relationship between endotoxin and lung cancer after accounting for left truncation in a study of Chinese female textile workers
Katie M Applebaum, Roberta M Ray, George Astrakianakis, Dao Li Gao, David B Thomas, David C Christiani, Michael P LaValley, Wenjin Li, Harvey Checkoway, Ellen A Eisen

Occupational and Environmental Medicine Oct 2013, 70 (10) 709-715; DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2012-101240

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