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What is When an association between two variable is explained by a third variable due to indirect association. It is called as? and explain in detail?
.confounding bias is used as a third variable to explain the association between two variables caused due to indirect association ref:park&;s textbook of preventive and social medicine,22nd edition,pg no 71