Causality in epidemiology

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 80-87

  Vineis, Paolo ^a  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conditional counterfactuals; Conditionalized realism; Experimental approach; Probabilistic models; Proof; Social sciences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARCINOGENESIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 0038795341     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-003-1029-7     Document Type: Article

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