Epidemiology, Public Health, and the Rhetoric of False Positives

BACKGROUND: As an observational science, epidemiology is regarded by some researchers as inherently flawed and open to false results. In a recent paper, Boffetta et al. [Boffetta P, McLaughlin JK, LaVecchia C, Tarone RE, Lipworth L, Blot WJ. False-positive results in cancer epidemiology: a plea for...

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Autores principales: Blair, Aaron, Saracci, Rodolfo, Vineis, Paolo, Cocco, Pierluigi, Forastiere, Francesco, Grandjean, Philippe, Kogevinas, Manolis, Kriebel, David, McMichael, Anthony, Pearce, Neil, Porta, Miquel, Samet, Jonathan, Sandler, Dale P., Costantini, Adele Seniori, Vainio, Harri
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2799452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20049197
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.0901194

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2799452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20049197
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.0901194

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