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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 152, No. 2 : 97-98
Copyright © 2000 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

PRACTICE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Where to Go for Practical Advice

Dale P. Sandler

From the Epidemiology Branch—MD A3-05, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, P. O. Box 12233/111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. (e-mail: sandler@niehs.nih.gov).


   INTRODUCTION
 
With this issue of the Journal, we are introducing a new category of papers on the practice of epidemiology. We see this as a forum for sharing information on practical issues in the design, implementation, and analysis of studies as well as an opportunity to bring knowledge and skills from other disciplines into epidemiology. Such papers can be found in the Journal, but, for several reasons, they appear relatively infrequently.

Through our training programs and our publications, we tend to underplay the effort required to conduct a high-quality, valid study. We focus on technologic innovations, such as the ability to characterize gene polymorphisms, on new and complex statistical techniques, and (to a lesser extent) on understanding . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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