Epidemiological Practices in Research on Small Effects
In modern societies, epidemiology is increasingly confronted with the detection and evaluation of small risks, especially from environmental exposures and various lifestyles. The question arises, if for example, the risks from residential magnetic field exposure and childhood leukaemia, or dietry fa...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1998, 1998
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1998 |
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Table of Contents:
- Small effects as a main problem in epidemiology
- Obstacles in evaluating small effects
- Towards good epidemiological practices
- Problems in detecting small effects in case-control and cohort studies
- Proposals and recommendations concerning small effects in case-control and cohort studies
- Comments on problems with small effects in case-control and cohort studies
- Small effects and the selection of study participants in case-control and cohort studies
- Commentary on small effects and the selection of study participants in case-control and cohort studies
- Confounding: Its role in weak associations
- Commentary on confounding: Examples of its influence in weak associations
- Bias in observational studies
- Research strategies for assessing epidemiolgic associations, in relation to the distribution and measurement of exposures
- Commentary on “Bias in observational studies”
- Small effects: Subgroup analysis and interaction
- Enhancing small risks in epidemiologic studies
- Is meta-analysis a valid approach to the evaluation of small effects?
- Commentary on meta-analysis
- Discussion remarks on meta-analysis
- Publication bias
- Concluding remarks