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- Confoundersearch for term
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A condition or variable that is both a risk factor for disease and associated with an exposure of interest. This association between the exposure of interest and the confounder (a true risk factor for disease) may make it falsely appear that the exposure of interest is associated with disease.
[Source: Enviros, 2004 Review of Environmental and Health Effects of Waste Management: Municipal Solid Waste and Similar Wastes. Department of Environment Transport and the Regions (DEFRA), UK.]
