@article{f586ada49d76434880174d7f5501ac18,
title = "Epidemiology beyond its limits",
abstract = "In 1995, journalist Gary Taubes published an article in Science titled “Epidemiology faces its limits,” which questioned the utility of nonrandomized epidemiologic research and has since been cited more than 1000 times. He highlighted numerous examples of research topics he viewed as having questionable merit. Studies have since accumulated for these associations. We systematically evaluated current evidence of 53 example associations discussed in the article. Approximately one-quarter of those presented as doubtful are now widely viewed as causal based on current evaluations of the public health consensus. They include associations between alcohol consumption and breast cancer, residential radon exposure and lung cancer, and the use of tanning devices and melanoma. This history should inform current debates about the reproducibility of epidemiologic research results.",
author = "McCullough, {Lauren E.} and Maliniak, {Maret L.} and Amin, {Avnika B.} and Baker, {Julia M.} and Davit Baliashvili and Julie Barberio and Barrera, {Chloe M.} and Brown, {Carolyn A.} and Collin, {Lindsay J.} and Freedman, {Alexa A.} and Gibbs, {David C.} and Haddad, {Maryam B.} and Hall, {Eric W.} and Sarah Hamid and Harrington, {Kristin R.V.} and Holleman, {Aaron M.} and Kaufman, {John A.} and Khan, {Mohammed A.} and Katie Labgold and Lee, {Veronica C.} and Malik, {Amyn A.} and Mann, {Laura M.} and Marks, {Kristin J.} and Nelson, {Kristin N.} and Quader, {Zerleen S.} and Katherine Ross-Driscoll and Supriya Sarkar and Shah, {Monica P.} and Shao, {Iris Y.} and Smith, {Jonathan P.} and Stanhope, {Kaitlyn K.} and Marisol Valenzuela-Lara and {Van Dyke}, {Miriam E.} and Vyas, {Kartavya J.} and Lash, {Timothy L.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: Copyright {\textcopyright} 2022 The Authors, some rights reserved.",
year = "2022",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1126/sciadv.abn3328",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "8",
journal = "Science Advances",
issn = "2375-2548",
publisher = "American Association for the Advancement of Science",
number = "23",
}