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Epidemiology Faces Its Limits: The search for subtle links between diet, lifestyle, or environmental factors and disease is an unending source of fear—but often yields little certainty

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Authors: Taubes, G.
Corresponding author: Taubes, Gary
Venue: Science
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published: 1995-07-14
Volume: 269
Issue: 5221
Pages: 164-169
ISSN: 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.7618077
OpenAlex: W2006825115
Cited by: 841
References: 1
Citations by year: 2026: 3 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 26 · 2016: 15 · 2015: 27 · 2014: 17 · 2013: 37 · 2012: 31
FWCI: 244.25
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Science (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Historical and modern epidemiology studies
Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy of Biology and Scientific Explanation
Keywords: epidemiology, causal inference, observational studies, confounding
MeSH terms: Epidemiologic Methods, Epidemiology, Humans, Mass Media, Publishing, Risk Factors, Cohort Studies, Bias, Causality, Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic, Case-Control Studies

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