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ArticleAmerican journal of epidemiology2019

Epidemiology: Back to the Future.

Andrew F Olshan, Ana V Diez Roux, Maureen Hatch, Mark A Klebanoff

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Article in American journal of epidemiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Andrew F OlshanDepartment of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill North Carolina.
Ana V Diez RouxUrban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Maureen HatchRadiation Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Mark A KlebanoffCenter for Perinatal Research, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In 2018, the Society for Epidemiologic Research and its partner journal, the American Journal of Epidemiology, assembled a working group to develop a set of papers devoted to the "future of epidemiology." These 14 papers covered a wide range of topic areas and perspectives, from thoughts on our profession, teaching, and methods to critical areas of substantive research. The authors of those papers considered current challenges and future opportunities for research and education. In light of past commentaries, 4 papers also include reflections on the discipline at present and in the future.

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Big DataEpidemiologic MethodsEpidemiologyHealth BehaviorHumansInformation SystemsPeriodicals as TopicPublic HealthResearchUniversitiesfuturepopulation healthpublic health

Identifiers

PMID30877290
PMCPMC6676944

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