The Bradford Hill considerations on causality: A counterfactual perspective

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Höfler, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; BAYES THEOREM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EXPOSURE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 28444443001     PISSN: 17427622     EISSN: 17427622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-7622-2-11     Document Type: Review

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