Strengths of conviction obtained by mathematical modeling in epidemiology (MME) versus standard epidemiological methods.

*The exact formulation of the question is in Table 1 (Q9).†Percent of answers, n = 189.Multiple comparisons between the 3 public health domains all resulted in non significant differences: estimation of burden of disease versus risk assessment and versus evaluation of intervention, P = 0.97 and P = 0.81, respectively; risk assessment versus evaluation of intervention, P = 0.66.