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Causal interpretation of correlational studies – Analysis of medical news on the website of the official journal for German physicians

BACKGROUND: Media frequently draws inappropriate causal statements from observational studies. We analyzed the reporting of study results in the Medical News section of the German medical journal Deutsches Ärzteblatt (DÄ). METHODS: Study design: Retrospective quantitative content analysis of randoml...

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Autores principales: Buhse, Susanne, Rahn, Anne Christin, Bock, Merle, Mühlhauser, Ingrid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5933791/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29723258
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196833