CPHPS Paper Archives

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    Quantifying Uncertainty in Epidemiologic Studies

    Carl V. Phillips, Quantifying Uncertainty in Epidemiologic Studies, Epidemiology 14(4):459-466, 2003
                 (winner of the Rothman Epidemiology Prize for the best article in Epidemiology in 2003)
                 (original poster version was winner of best poster at 1999 Society for Epidemiologic Research meeting)

    Carl V. Phillips and Luwanna M. LaPole, Quantifying Errors without Random Sampling
                BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2003; 3:9

    Carl V. Phillips, Further Beyond the Confidence Interval
                slides from presentation, 2003 Society for Epidemiologic Research meeting

    Carl V. Phillips, The Economics of "More Research is Needed"

    International Journal of Epidemiology 30:771-776, 2001 (link requires a personal or institutional subscription to the journal)
    2000 Society for Epidemiologic Research Conference (SER) Poster (June 2000)
    Feature article on this research in Nature's "Science Update"

    Carl V. Phillips, Constance Wang, Brian Guenzel, Christina Daw, Smokeless Tobacco and Oral Cancer, the Curious History of a "Fact"
                Poster, 2003 Society for Epidemiologic Research meeting

    Phillips, written testimony, U.S. House of Representatives hearings (Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
    Trade and Consumer Protection; Committee on Government Reform), 3 June 2003   manuscript version

    Phillips and Guenzel, Presentations at 10th Annual Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco meeting, February 2004

    Smokeless Tobacco and Cigarettes: Gateways, Causal Pathways, and Harm Reduction  slides from talk  abstract

    Smokeless Tobacco and Oral Cancer, Overstatement of the Association and Publication Bias in situ  poster  abstract

    Internet Information about Health Risks from Smokeless Tobacco  poster  abstract

    Analysis of health risks from smokeless tobacco also appears in "Publication Bias in situ" poster, below.

 

     Publication Bias in situ 

               Carl V. Phillips, Publication Bias in situ
                        BMC Medical Research Methodology 4:20, 2004
                        Poster, 2003 Society for Epidemiologic Research meeting  (June 2003)

    Austin Bradford Hill 

                Carl V. Phillips, Karen J. Goodman, The Missed Lessons of Sir Austin Bradford Hill
                        BMC Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations 1:3, 2004

                Carl V. Phillips, Karen J. Goodman, The Messed Lessons of Sir Austin Bradford Hill
                         2001 Congress of Epidemiology / SER Poster (June 2001)

                Karen J. Goodman, Carl V. Phillips Hill criteria of causality.
                        Draft Entry March 2004 In Encyclopedia of Statistics in Behavioral sciences, Wiley, 2005 (forthcoming)

Carl V. Phillips, Constance Wang, Child Safety Seats on Airplanes; a Lesson in the Folly of Casual Health Policy Recommendations
                   Unpublished Manuscript, October 2003
                   2002 Society for Epidemiologic Research Poster (June 2002)
                   (second place in best-poster judging)

Phillips, Wang, Leong-Wu, Quantification of Uncertainty in the Mammography Controversy
                    The Dangers of Dichotomy, 2002 Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) poster (June 2002)

Phillips, Goodman, When Using Proxy Respondents for Cases, Sometimes it is Better to Use them for Controls
                     2001 Congress of Epidemiology / SER Poster (June 2001)

Phillips & Goodman, Phenylpropanolamine Banned Based on What?
                      2001 Congress of Epidemiology / SER Overheads (Slides) from Talk (June 2001)

Phillips, Providing Widely-Understandable Perspective for Risks Reported in Studies
                     2001 Congress of Epidemiology / SER Overheads (Slides) from Talk (June 2001)
                     2001 Congress of Epidemiology / SER Abstract (AJE, 153(11):S272, 2001)

Phillips, Our Estimates are Uncertain, but that's ok
                      Unpublished Manuscript, June 2000 (reedited February 2002)
                      2000 SER Poster (June 2000)

Phillips, Economic Perspective on Human Subjects Research Ethics
                     Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research Working Paper (September 2000)
                     2001 Congress of Epidemiology / SER Poster (June 2001)
                     2001 Congress of Epidemiology / SER Abstract (AJE, 153(11):S206, 2001)