Risk, chance, and causation [[electronic resource] ] : investigating the origins and treatment of disease / / Michael B. Bracken |
Autore | Bracken Michael B. <1942-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
Disciplina | 616.07/1 |
Soggetto topico |
Epidemiology
Therapeutics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-300-18955-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- One. Risk, Chance, and Causation -- Two. 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 -- 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465358503321 |
Bracken Michael B. <1942-> | ||
New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Risk, chance, and causation [[electronic resource] ] : investigating the origins and treatment of disease / / Michael B. Bracken |
Autore | Bracken Michael B. <1942-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
Disciplina | 616.07/1 |
Soggetto topico |
Epidemiology
Therapeutics |
ISBN | 0-300-18955-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- One. Risk, Chance, and Causation -- Two. 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 -- 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792185003321 |
Bracken Michael B. <1942-> | ||
New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Risk, chance, and causation : investigating the origins and treatment of disease / / Michael B. Bracken |
Autore | Bracken Michael B. <1942-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
Disciplina | 616.07/1 |
Soggetto topico |
Epidemiology
Therapeutics |
ISBN | 0-300-18955-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- One. Risk, Chance, and Causation -- Two. 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 -- 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808777803321 |
Bracken Michael B. <1942-> | ||
New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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