Risk, chance, and causation : investigating the origins and treatment of disease /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bracken, Michael B., 1942- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2013.
Temas:
Diseases > Treatment.
Diseases > Causes and theories of causation.
Therapeutics.
Disease > etiology
Risk Factors
Therapeutics
Maladies > Traitement.
Étiologie.
Thérapeutique.
MEDICAL > Health Risk Assessment.
MEDICAL > History.
Diseases > Treatment
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of abbreviations
  • One. Risk, chance, and causation : Investigating the origins and treatment of disease
  • Tow. Chance and randomness
  • Three. Risk
  • Four. Randomization and clinical trials
  • Five. More trials and some tribulations
  • Six. Harm
  • Seven. Screening, diagnosis, and prognosis
  • Eight. A statistical sojourn
  • Nine. Disease clusters
  • Ten. Genetics and the genome
  • Eleven. The study of mankind is man : Reflections on animal research
  • Twelve. Celebrity trumps science
  • Thirteen. Replication and pooling
  • Fourteen. Bias in publication and reporting
  • Fifteen. Causes
  • Sixteen. Ultimate causation
  • Notes
  • Bibliography and further reading
  • Index.

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