Risk, chance, and causation : investigating the origins and treatment of disease
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- ISBN: 9780300188844 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0300188846 (cloth : alk. paper)
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Physical Description:
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xiii, 330 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2013.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-304) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | One. Risk, Chance, and Causation: Investigating the Origins and Treatment of Disease -- 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. Statistical Sojourn -- Nine. Disease Clusters -- Ten. Genetics and the Genome -- Eleven. Study of Mankind Is Man: Reflections on Animal Research -- Twelve. Celebrity Trumps Science -- Thirteen. Replication and Pooling -- Fourteen. Bias in Publication and Reporting -- Fifteen. Causes -- Sixteen. Ultimate Causation. |
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Subject: | Diseases -- Causes and theories of causation Disease -- etiology Risk Factors Therapeutics |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Lansdowne Library | RB 151 B73 2013 (Text) | 26040003077753 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |