title: Epidemiology as the search for truth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Texas Tech University College of Medicine, Lubbock 79415, USA.
authors.forename: Ann M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kosloske
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D002648:Child; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D013502:General Surgery; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics; D012494:Sampling Studies