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Observational Research, Randomised Trials, and Two Views of Medical Science

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Vandenbroucke, Jan P·2008·PLoS Medicine

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Authors: Vandenbroucke, J. P.
Affiliations: Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (NL)
Corresponding author: Vandenbroucke, Jan P
ORCID: Vandenbroucke, Jan P
Venue: PLoS Medicine
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Published: 2008-03-11
Volume: 5
Issue: 3
Pages: e67
ISSN: 1549-1277 (ISSN-L)
1549-1676
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050067
PMC: PMC2265762
OpenAlex: W2090226269
Cited by: 416
References: 66
Citations by year: 2026: 15 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 32 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 25 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 17 · 2015: 26 · 2014: 20 · 2013: 36 · 2012: 31
FWCI: 30.62
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: gold
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Licence: cc-by
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Locations: PLoS Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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Funders: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Topics: Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy of Biology and Scientific Explanation
Health Sciences › Nursing › Research and Theory › Methodologies in Health Research and Practice
Keywords: observational studies, randomised trials, medical sciences, intervention evaluation, philosophy of medicine
MeSH terms: Contraceptives, Oral, Evaluation Studies as Topic, Factor V, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Prospective Studies, Retrospective Studies, Case-Control Studies, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Biomedical Research, Venous Thromboembolism

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