title: A guide to evaluating epidemiological studies.
abstract: Epidemiological studies that fail to follow established principles can lead to or promote false assumptions. Attention to the principles of epidemiological studies and avoidance of extrapolation beyond the data can remove much of the confusion that presently exists among the health professions and general public. This article offers guidelines to evaluating epidemiological studies.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California School of Dentistry, USA.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Pallasch
mesh_terms: D015984:Causality; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D006801:Humans; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D016017:Odds Ratio; D013223:Statistics as Topic