Bias in Assessing Effects of Substance Use From Observational Studies: What Do Longitudinal Data Tell Us? A Commentary on Staff and Maggs (2017)

Tanya Chikritzhs¹, Timothy S Naimi^{2

3}, Tim Stockwell^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ National Drug Research Institute, Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
² Section of General Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
³ Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
⁴ Centre for Addiction Research of British Columbia, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Comment

Tanya Chikritzhs et al. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2017 May.

. 2017 May;78(3):404-405.

doi: 10.15288/jsad.2017.78.404.

Tanya Chikritzhs¹, Timothy S Naimi^{2

3}, Tim Stockwell^{1

4}

¹ National Drug Research Institute, Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
² Section of General Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
³ Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
⁴ Centre for Addiction Research of British Columbia, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

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Comment on

Alcohol and Cigarette Use From Ages 23 to 55: Links With Health and Well-Being in the Long-Term National Child Development Study.
Staff J, Maggs J. Staff J, et al. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2017 May;78(3):394-403. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2017.78.394. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2017. PMID: 28499106 Free PMC article.

Causal inference with observational data: the need for triangulation of evidence.
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