Authors' Comment on "Brain Tumours: Rise in Glioblastoma Multiforme Incidence in England 1995-2015 Suggests an Adverse Environmental or Lifestyle Factor".

J Environ Public Health · 2018 · PMC6036793 · PMID 30046315

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a clear trendno p-value reported

We were told by two leading European epidemiologists that if we could not see a clear trend in the overall data, there was no point in looking at underlying, more detailed data.

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