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64 - A Vicious Circle

Bedside Rounds by Adam Rodman

Oct 4, 202140:25Science & Medicine

During World War II, the US Army launched a seemingly routine experiment to find the ideal way to screen soldiers for tuberculosis. Jacob Yerushalmy, the statistician in charge of this project, would succeed at this task...

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64 - A Vicious Circle is an episode from Bedside Rounds by Adam Rodman. During World War II, the US Army launched a seemingly routine experiment to find the ideal way to screen soldiers for tuberculosis. Jacob Yerushalmy, the statistician i...

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Published Oct 4, 2021, 40:25 long, audio available.

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