Are Mendelian randomization investigations immune from bias due to reverse causation?

Stephen Burgess; Sonja A. Swanson; Jeremy A. Labrecque

doi:10.1007/s10654-021-00726-8

Are Mendelian randomization investigations immune from bias due to reverse causation?

Stephen Burgess^*, Sonja A. Swanson, Jeremy A. Labrecque

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Epidemiology

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	253-257
Number of pages	5
Journal	European Journal of Epidemiology
Volume	36
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-021-00726-8
Publication status	Published - Mar 2021

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Funding Information:
Dr Burgess is supported by a Sir Henry Dale Fellowship jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Royal Society (Grant Number 204623/Z/16/Z). Dr Swanson is further supported by a NWO/ZonMW Veni Grant (Grant Number 91617066). This work was supported by funding from the National Institute for Health Research (Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre at the Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust). The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the National Health Service, the National Institute for Health Research or the Department of Health and Social Care.

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