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Which of these things is not like the others?
Author(s) -
Kaufman Jay S.,
MacLehose Richard F.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.28359
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , subgroup analysis , pathology , meta analysis
Many published reports in cancer epidemiology assert subgroup‐specific effects without adequate justification. Heterogeneity tests play an important role in justifying claims that an exposure has an effect only on one or another subgroup.