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European Journal of Epidemiology
Published in: European Journal of Epidemiology 2/2010

01-02-2010 | Letter to the Editor

Ignoring critique, attacking the critic

Author: O. S. Miettinen

Published in: European Journal of Epidemiology | Issue 2/2010

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Excerpt

I reviewed the most recent (5th) edition of A Dictionary of Epidemiology for the readers of this Journal, in response to its Editor’s request [1]. Like any proper piece in this genre, the review was a judgmental—critical—one, and from the vantage of how I (sic), qua the critic, see the concepts of epidemiology and their proper definitions. …
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Miettinen OS. Book review. In: Porta M, Greenland S, Last JM, editors. A dictionary of epidemiology. A Handbook sponsored by the I. E. A. Eur J Epidemiol 2008;23:813–7.
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Porta M, Miettinen OS, The I. E. A. Dictionary of Epidemiology. Eur J Epidemiol. 2009;24:713–4.
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Hanley J, Miettinen OS. Fitting smooth-in-time prognostic risk functions via logistic regression. Int J Biostat. 2009;5:1–23.
Metadata
Title
Ignoring critique, attacking the critic
Author
O. S. Miettinen
Publication date
01-02-2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
European Journal of Epidemiology / Issue 2/2010
Print ISSN: 0393-2990
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7284
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-010-9425-9

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