Risk, predictability and biomedical neo-pragmatism

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1093-1095

  Dammann, Olaf ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Neo pragmatism; Prediction; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SURVIVAL;

CAUSALITY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; PROBABILITY; RISK;

EID: 66749142316     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01373.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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