Confounding Factors (Epidemiology)

"Confounding Factors (Epidemiology)" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Factors that can cause or prevent the outcome of interest but are not intermediate variables of the factor(s) under investigation.

Descriptor ID	D015986
MeSH Number(s)	N05.715.350.240 N06.850.490.718
Concept/Terms	Confounding Factors (Epidemiology) Confounding Factors (Epidemiology) Confounding Factor (Epidemiology) Factor, Confounding (Epidemiology) Factors, Confounding (Epidemiology) Confounding Factor, Epidemiologic Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic Epidemiologic Confounding Factor Epidemiologic Confounding Factors Confounding Variables Confounding Variable Variable, Confounding Variables, Confounding

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Confounding Factors (Epidemiology)".

Health Care [N]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
Epidemiologic Factors [N05.715.350]
Confounding Factors (Epidemiology) [N05.715.350.240]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Factors [N06.850.490]
Confounding Factors (Epidemiology) [N06.850.490.718]

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