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Methodologic Issues in Hospital Epidemiology. IV. Risk Ratios, Confounding, Effect Modification, and the Analysis of Multiple Variables

Jonathan Freeman, Donald A. Goldmann and John E. McGowan, Jr. Most information in hospital epidemiology comes from observational studies of hospitalized patients, not from planned experiments. Data ...
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Degree of Confounding Bias Related to Smoking, Ethnic Group, and Socioeconomic Status in Estimates of the Associations Between Occupation and Cancer

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In occupational cancer epidemiology, many studies are carried out without access to information on smoking and other potential confounding ...
BMJ

Physical activity and longevity: how to move closer to causal inference

Correspondence to Dr Kaitlin H Wade, Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK; Kaitlin.Wade{at}bristol.ac.uk Kujala provides an insightful review contesting ...
unr.edu

Ph.D. in Epidemiology

The Ph.D. in Epidemiology emphasizes the expertise necessary for a research career in epidemiology. Application deadline: The priority deadline is February 1, with a final deadline of June 1. The Ph.D ...
The Scientist

A New Way to Establish Cause and Effect in Epidemiology?

At the turn of the 21st century, University of Bristol epidemiologist George Davey Smith was growing dissatisfied with his field. “I’ve been working in epidemiology for a very long time,” he says.
University of Delaware

phd in epidemiology

The PhD in Epidemiology provides students with advanced training in epidemiological methods and prepares them for careers in research, teaching, and applied public health. The program is designed to ...
BMJ

Confounding factors and genetic polymorphism in the evaluation of individual steroid profiling

2 Swiss Laboratory for Doping Analyses, University Center of Legal Medicine, Geneva and Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland Correspondence to Dr Norbert Baume, Swiss Laboratory for Doping Analyses, ...