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

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-214

  Boffetta, Paolo ^a   McLaughlin, Joseph K ^b,c   Lavecchia, Carlo ^d,e   Tarone, Robert E ^b,c   Lipworth, Loren ^b,c   Blot, William J ^b,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CHLORPHENOTANE;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; LETTER; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

EID: 59749103372     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djn463     Document Type: Letter

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