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Before presenting more specific remarks on examples of observation biases and proposals on how to avoid or minimise such biases, I would like to address some issues concerning biases in general.
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Hoffmeister, H. (1998). Bias in observational studies. In: Hoffmeister, H., Szklo, M., Thamm, M. (eds) Epidemiological Practices in Research on Small Effects. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80463-2_11
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