Commentary: Cornfield, epidemiology and causality

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1199-1201

  Greenhouse, Joel B ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS; AUTOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; NOTE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; SMOKING;

EID: 70349858279     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp299     Document Type: Note

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