The importance of causal relationships in medicine and health care | |
Study design which can demonstrate and test causation | |
The results obtained from studies of causation | |
Selection of subjects for study | |
Error and bias in observations | |
Confounding | |
Chance Variation | |
Combining results from several studies | |
The Diagnosis of causation | |
Critical appraisal of a randomized clinical trial | |
Critical appraisal of a randomized trial of a preventive agent | |
Critical appraisal of a prospective cohort study | |
Critical appraisal of a restrospective cohort study | |
Critical appraisal of a matched case-control study | |
Critical appraisal of a large, population based, case-control study | |
Answers to self test questions | |
Statistical analysis methods: formulae and worked examples | |
Lifetable methods | |
Statistical Tables | |
References | |
Index | |
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