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Are “Further Studies” Really Needed?

Author(s) -

Andrew F. Olshan

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901

H-Index - 173

eISSN - 1531-5487

pISSN - 1044-3983

DOI - 10.1097/ede.0b013e3181775e3a

Subject(s) - replication (statistics) , epidemiology , environmental health , medicine , risk analysis (engineering) , computer science , psychology , pathology , virology

The association between residential radon exposure and the risk of childhood leukemia reported in this issue of Epidemiology may-or may not-justify further studies to confirm this finding. Such decisions could benefit from a more systematic approach than researchers ordinarily use. Furthermore, when considering the possibility of replication studies, epidemiologists need a new strategy-one that explores more explicitly the improvements and the additional study features that would be required to produce a more meaningful answer.

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