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The next stage: molecular epidemiology.
Journal of clinical epidemiology - 1 Jun 1997
Shpilberg O, Dorman J S, Ferrell R E, Trucco M, Shahar A, Kuller L H
Abstract excerpt
The traditional approach in epidemiology of relating exposure to an environmental agent such as a drug or infective agent has been to measure an overall risk (i.e., average and then "adjust risk for demographic variables and other confounders"). An attempt is sometimes made to define a "susceptible" subgroup. The analyses are usually based on good statistical methodology rather than an understanding of the...
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