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[Coronary heart disease: epidemiologic-genetic aspects].

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Epstein FH.
PMID: 3883676
Soz Praventivmed. 1985;30(1):33-6. doi: 10.1007/BF02075726.

Coronary heart disease and the risk factors which predispose to it aggregate in families. How much of this clustering of disease is "explained" by the familial resemblance in predisposing factors? The published reports which bear on this question fall...

[The statistical inference of relative ratios].

Zhonghua yu fang yi xue za zhi [Chinese journal of preventive medicine]

Huang ZN.
PMID: 3769672
Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi. 1986 May;20(3):147-50.

No abstract available.

[Recent advances in epidemiology].

Boletin de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana. Pan American Sanitary Bureau

Acheson RM.
PMID: 4221577
Bol Oficina Sanit Panam. 1965 Nov;59(5):375-84.

No abstract available.

Review of recent epidemiological studies of mental retardation: prevalence, associated disorders, and etiology.

American journal of mental retardation : AJMR

McLaren J, Bryson SE.
PMID: 3322329
Am J Ment Retard. 1987 Nov;92(3):243-54.

Recent epidemiological studies of mental retardation were critically reviewed. Data pertaining to prevalence, associated disorders, and etiology were examined. The prevalence both of severe and of mild retardation is generally found to be 3 to 4 per 1,000, although...

Statistical significance and confidence intervals.

The British journal of clinical practice

Berry G.
PMID: 3256336
Br J Clin Pract. 1988 Nov;42(11):465-8.

No abstract available.

Estimability and estimation in case-referent studies.

American journal of epidemiology

Miettinen O.
PMID: 1251836
Am J Epidemiol. 1976 Feb;103(2):226-35. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a112220.

The concepts that case-referent studies provide for the estimation of "relative risk" only if the illness is "rare", and that the rates and risks themselves are inestimable, are overly superficial and restrictve. The ratio of incidence densities (forces of...

Race and ethnicity in health research.

Journal of public health medicine

Sheldon TA, Parker H.
PMID: 1515192
J Public Health Med. 1992 Jun;14(2):104-10.

'Race' and 'ethnicity' are increasingly being used as variables in health research. However, studies have been mainly descriptive and have not been used to develop and evaluate strategies to improve health care. In part this reflects the poor analytical...

Statistical and practical problems of cohort study design: occupational hazards in the health care industry.

National Cancer Institute monograph

Stellman JM.
PMID: 4047157
Natl Cancer Inst Monogr. 1985 May;67:95-100.

Many populations are exposed to health hazards, particularly workers in the health care industry. Yet practical reasons make it impossible or unfeasible for investigators to meet the technical requirements of the cohort method. One such experience is detailed of...

Relationship as a clue to causation.

Lancet (London, England)

Howells DP.
PMID: 4104749
Lancet. 1971 Jun 19;1(7712):1298. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(71)91812-5.

No abstract available.

Ethical issues in epidemiological research.

South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde

Hessel PA, Fourie PB.
PMID: 3424034
S Afr Med J. 1987 Dec 19;72(12):863-5.

Ethical concerns pervade all aspects of epidemiological investigations. Ethical issues, including planning, carrying out, analysing and presenting the results of a study, are discussed. In southern Africa, where many community-based epidemiological surveys are undertaken, issues relating specifically to the...

Symposium on Target Organ Toxicity: cardiovascular system. The epidemiologic approach.

Environmental health perspectives

Pell S.
PMID: 720318
Environ Health Perspect. 1978 Oct;26:269-73. doi: 10.1289/ehp.7826269.
Free PMC Article

Epidemiological studies rarely provide unequivocal data on the effects of toxic substances on human health. Unlike experimental studies, pertinent variables frequently cannot be controlled and some are often unknown. Nevertheless, these limitations can be dealt with by various facets...

[On the quantification of statistic differences in epidemiology caused by selection (author's transl)].

Methods of information in medicine

Höpker WW.
PMID: 1196140
Methods Inf Med. 1975 Jul;14(3):144-9.

No abstract available.

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