Critical appraisal of an epidemiological paper.

The paper for critical appraisal will be released on iLearn in week 10. The title, abstract, most of the discussion and some parts of the paper will be redacted.

Use the guidance given in Chapter 9 of the text book (Essential Epidemiology Webb, Bain, Page version 3) and the checklists in the Critical Appraisal lecture to frame your critical appraisal. Your critical appraisal should cover design, study population, error, confounding, study findings and interpretation and your conclusions about the study.

No referencing is required for this task as all work should be in your own words. This is your unique critique of this paper.