A weight of evidence approach to causal inference

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 270-277

  Swaen, Gerard ^a   van Amelsvoort, Ludovic ^b  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bradford Hill criteria; Causal inference; Epidemiology; Epistemology; Methodology; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

ARTICLE; BRADFORD HILL CRITERIA; CRITERION VARIABLE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY;

CARCINOGENS; CAUSALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 58749091454     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2008.06.013     Document Type: Article

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