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RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES

Specialty Definition: RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES

DomainDefinition

Health

Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Both animal research and retrospective studies of humans exposed to industrial noise have demonstrated this remarkable variation in susceptibility. (references)

The available human data come from inadequately controlled observational and retrospective studies, some of which suggest adverse maternal and fetal effects. (references)

Retrospective studies have demonstrated increased risk of pelvic recurrence when lower total doses of radiation and prolonged treatment schedules are employed. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Anagrams: RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-e-e-i-i-o-p-r-r-s-s-s-t-t-t-u-v"

-5 letters: postdivestiture.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 45 54 52 4F 53 50 45 43 54 49 56 45      53 54 55 44 49 45 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01000101 01010100 01010010 01001111 01010011 01010000 01000101 01000011 01010100 01001001 01010110 01000101 00100000 01010011 01010100 01010101 01000100 01001001 01000101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#69 &#84 &#82 &#79 &#83 &#80 &#69 &#67 &#84 &#73 &#86 &#69 &#32 &#83 &#84 &#85 &#68 &#73 &#69 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0045 0054 0052 004F 0053 0050 0045 0043 0054 0049 0056 0045      0053 0054 0055 0044 0049 0045 0053

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

52395452495350393754435639253545538433953

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INDEX

1. Quotations: Non-fiction
2. Anagrams
3. Orthography
4. Bibliography


  

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