Epidemiology and causation

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 345-353

  Vreese, Leen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Causal concepts underlying scientific practice; Causality; Epidemiologists debate on causation; Epidemiology; Metaphysical presuppositions of causal concepts; Science based approach to causation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HUMAN; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CAUSALITY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; PROBABILITY;

EID: 67649635381     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-009-9184-0     Document Type: Article

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