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Problems with using mechanisms to solve the problem of extrapolation

Proponents of evidence-based medicine and some philosophers of science seem to agree that knowledge of mechanisms can help solve the problem of applying results of controlled studies to target populations (‘the problem of extrapolation’). We describe the problem of extrapolation, characterize mechan...

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Autores principales: Howick, Jeremy, Glasziou, Paul, Aronson, Jeffrey K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3722444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23860640
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11017-013-9266-0