Re: False-positive results in cancer epidemiology: A plea for epistemological modesty

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 211-212

  Clapp, Richard W ^a   Kriebel, David ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; NEOPLASMS; PUBLICATION BIAS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 59749084040     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djn462     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

1. Boffetta P, McLaughlin JK, La Vecchia C, Tarone RE, Lipworth L, Blot WJ. False-positive results in cancer epidemiology: a plea for epistemological modesty. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2008;100(14):988-995.
2. LaMontagne AD, Christiani DC. Prevention of work-related cancers. New Solutions. 2002;12(2):137-156.
3. European Environment Agency. Late Lessons from Early Warnings: The Precautionary Principle 1896-2000. In: Harremoës P, Gee D, MacGarvin M, et al., eds. Copenhagen, Denmark: European Environmental Agency. 2001. Environmental Issue Report No. 22.
4. Pacala SW, Bulte E, List JA, Levin SA. Environmental economics. False alarm over environmental false alarms. Science. 2003;301(543):1187-1188.
5. Hansen SF, Krayer von Krauss MP, Tickner JA. Categorizing mistaken false positives in regulation of human and environmental health. Risk Analysis. 2007;27(5):255-269.