Predicting what will happen when we act. What counts for warrant?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 221-224

  Cartwright, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Argument; Effectiveness; Evidence based policy; Randomized controlled trial; Warrant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; EVIDENCE BASED POLICY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; POLICY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80955144170     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.08.011     Document Type: Article

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