The epistemological function of Hill's criteria

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 242-245

  Bird, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Epidemiology; Epistemology; Philosophy, medical

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITERION VARIABLE; EPISTEMOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HILL CRITERIA; HYPOTHESIS; KNOWLEDGE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAUSALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; OBSERVATION;

EID: 80955142801     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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