Epidemiology series.

A series of 18 articles by David A. Grimes and Kenneth F. Schulz taken from different issues of The Lancet, vol. 359, January 5, 2002 - March 16, 2002; short essays on research methods in epidemiology written for busy clinicians and active researchers.

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Drugi avtorji: Grimes, David A., Schulz, Kenneth F.
Format: Knjiga
Jezik:English
Izdano: London : The Lancet, 2002.
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  • Contains 18 articles: An overview of clinical research: the lay of the land
  • Descriptive studies: what they can and cannot do
  • Bias and causal associations in observational research
  • Cohort studies: marching towards outcomes
  • Case-control studies; research in reverse
  • Generation of allocation sequences in randomised trials: change, not choice
  • Blinding in randomised trials: hiding who got what
  • Sample size slippages in randomised trials: exclusions and the lost and wayward
  • Uses and abuses of screening tests
  • Unequal group sizes in randomised trials: guarding against guessing
  • Clinical research: minus the volleyball / Richard Horton.