Infectious Disease Mortality Trends in the United States, 1980-2014

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1. 1. What is the research question/hypothesis?
   2. Relevance of research/hypothesis
   3. Study design – cohort, cross-sectional, case study, experimental, case-control, ecologic, etc.
   4. Sampling – How were participants/cases/units selected? What were the response rates?
   5. Exposures – How were they defined, what were the levels of the variable?
   6. Outcomes – How were they defined, what were the levels of the variable?
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