Interpreting the medical literature /
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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New York :
McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division,
c2006
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Edition: | 5th ed |
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Online Access: | Contributor biographical information |
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Table of Contents:
- Tasting an article
- Study design: general considerations
- Study design: the case-control approach
- Study design: the cross-sectional and follow-up approaches
- Study design: the experimental approach
- Study design: variations
- Making measurements
- Analysis: statistical significance
- Analysis: some statistical tests
- Interpretation: sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value
- Interpretation: risk
- Interpretation: causes
- Cases series, editorials, and reviews
- A final word