论文信息 - The limitations of risk factors as prognostic tools.

The limitations of risk factors as prognostic tools.

Research has shown that a risk factor must have a much stronger association with the disease outcome than we ordinarily see in etiologic research if it is to provide a basis for early diagnosis or prediction in individual patients. James Ware explains the statistics behind this problem.

J. Ware

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