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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Selection Bias
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Sesgo de Selección
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Viés de Seleção
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Synonyms English:
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Bias, Selection
Sampling Bias
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Tree Number:
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N05.715.350.150.775
N06.850.490.500.500
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Definition English:
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The introduction of error due to systematic differences in the characteristics between those selected and those not selected for a given study. In sampling bias, error is the result of failure to ensure that all members of the reference population have a known chance of selection in the sample. |
Indexing Annotation English:
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IM GEN only; coord NIM with disease /epidemiol (IM) or specific non-disease term /statist; no qualif; specify geog if pertinent
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History Note English:
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91(90); was see under BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY) 1990
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Record Number:
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24872
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Unique Identifier:
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D015983
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Similar:
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DeCS CID-10 SciELO LILACS LIS
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