Can understanding mechanisms solve the problem of extrapolating from study to target populations (the problem of 'external validity')?

J. Howick; P. Glasziou; J. K. Aronson

doi:10.1177/0141076813476498

Can understanding mechanisms solve the problem of extrapolating from study to target populations (the problem of 'external validity')?

J. Howick^*
, P. Glasziou
, J. K. Aronson

^*Corresponding author for this work

Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	81-86
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
Volume	106
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0141076813476498
Publication status	Published - 2013

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