Berkson’s Fallacy and Endometriosis

In: Surgical Management of Endometriosis · 2004 · pp. 13–24 · doi:10.3109/9780203501542-3 · W4238016470
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This paper examines how Berkson's fallacy can lead to an overestimation of the association between conditions, using endometriosis as a specific example of this statistical phenomenon.

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