Revisiting child and adolescent health in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals
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Muin Khoury and co-authors discuss anticipated contributions of genomics and other forms of large-scale data in public health.
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Mathew Kavanagh and co-authors discuss law reform in the global tuberculosis response.
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003012.].
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Large sample sizes are often required to detect statistically significant associations between pharmacogenetic markers and treatment response. Meta-analysis may be performed to synthesize data from several studies, increasing sample size and, consequently, power to detect significant genetic effects. However, performing robust synthesis of data fro...
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Placebo or sham controls are the standard against which the benefits and harms of many active interventions are measured. Whilst the components and the method of their delivery have been shown to affect study outcomes, placebo and sham controls are rarely reported and often not matched to those of the active comparator. This can influence how benef...
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In this Perspective, David Mabey and colleagues discuss a recent PLOS Medicine article on azithromycin as an intervention for reducing child mortality.
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Nina Finley and co-authors discuss public involvement in planning and reporting medical research.