The temporal stage fallacy: A novel statistical fallacy in the medical literature

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 243-247

  Shier, David ^a   Tilson, J Lee ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sommers Schwartz Silver and Schwartz ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Asphyxia neonatorum; Asphyxia neonatorum complications; Birth injuries complications; Brain etiology; Cerebral palsy; Cerebral palsy etiology; Daubert; Ellenberg; Expert testimony; Fetal anoxia; Fetal distress complications; Hypoxia ischemia; Jonas; Karin; Malpractice; Movement disorders etiology physiopathology prevention control; National Collaborative Perinatal project; National Institutes of Health (US); Nelson; New England Journal of Medicine; Obstetrics; Perinatology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; CEREBRAL PALSY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BIRTH INJURIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 33746225581     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-005-3349-2     Document Type: Article

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6. U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit: 1999, Tanner v. Westbrook, 174 F3d 542