False-Positive Results in Cancer Epidemiology: A Plea for Epistemological Modesty

False-positive results are inherent in the scientific process of testing hypotheses concerning the determinants of cancer and other human illnesses. Although much of what is known about the etiology of human cancers has arisen from well-conducted epidemiological studies, epidemiology has been increa...

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Autores principales: Boffetta, Paolo, McLaughlin, Joseph K., La Vecchia, Carlo, Tarone, Robert E., Lipworth, Loren, Blot, William J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2008
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Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2467434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18612135
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djn191

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2467434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18612135
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djn191

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