Until RCT proven? on the asymmetry of evidence requirements for risk assessment

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 454-462

  Osimani, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

abduction; acetaminophen; causal inference; clinical methodology; evidence hierarchies; hypothetico deductive method; induction; precautionary principle; randomized controlled trials; scientific inference

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EPISTEMOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ASTHMA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84878268560     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jep.12039     Document Type: Article

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