Epidemiological Practices in Research on Small Effects

Epidemiology faces its limits: the search for subtle links between diet, lifestyle, or environmental factors and disease is an unending source of fear - but often yields little certainty. Studies on weak associations - or small effects - often produce contradictory results which confuse the public. In this book, numerous contributions and illustrated examples show the effects of this problem, and sets out how future research should be approached in order to minimize the problems, thus producing clear results of significance.

Author: Hans Hoffmeister

Publisher: Springer

Publication Date: Jan 09, 2012

Number of Pages: 134 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 3642804659

ISBN-13: 9783642804656