Among epidemiologists, there has been an ongoing debate over the value of risk factor (black box) epidemiology. Provide your critique regarding the value of black box epidemiology.
More information on the black box epidemiology debate is available at:
Emptiness of the Black Box
http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=1044-3983(199409)5%3A5%3C553%3ATEOTBB%3E2.0.CO%3B2-O
Beyond black box epidemiology
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/pagerender.fcgi?artid=1508377
The value of risk-factor (“black-box”) epidemiology
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&list_uids=15308951&cmd.For more information on Value of Black Box Epidemiology read :https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095509537