title: In defense of black box epidemiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Savitz
mesh_terms: D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D004813:Epidemiology / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards