title: Adjustment for continuous confounders: an example of how to prevent residual confounding.
authors: Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands. r.h.h.groenwold@umcutrecht.nl
authors: Rolf H H
authors: RH
authors: Groenwold
authors: Olaf H
authors: OH
authors: Klungel
authors: Douglas G
authors: DG
authors: Altman
authors: Yolanda
authors: Y
authors: van der Graaf
authors: Arno W
authors: AW
authors: Hoes
authors: Karel G M
authors: KG
authors: Moons
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015982:Bias; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D015986:Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007252:Influenza Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D009426:Netherlands; D016017:Odds Ratio; D018570:Risk Assessment
chemical_list: D007252:Influenza Vaccines
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