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Emerging Themes in Epidemiology BioMedCentral Analytic perspective Open Access Assessing observational studies of medical treatments Arthur Hartz*1, Suzanne Bentler2, Mary Charlton3, Douglas Lanska4, Yogita Butani5, G Mustafa Soomro6 and Kjell Benson7 Address: 1University of Iowa, College of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA, 2University of Iowa, College of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA, 3University of Iowa, College of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA, 4VA Medical Center, 500 East Veterans St