The missed lessons of Sir Austin Bradford Hill

Epidemiologic Perspectives and Innovations

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Phillips, Carl V ^a,b,c   Goodman, Karen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Ctr Philos Hlth Plcy Sci I   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SCIENCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 11844292336     PISSN: 17425573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-5573-1-3     Document Type: Review

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