Stories from the evolution of guidelines for causal inference in epidemiologic associations: 1953-1965

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 176, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1071-1077

  Blackburn, Henry ^a   Labarthe, Darwin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

causality; epidemiologic methods; epidemiology; guidelines; history; history of medicine

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CORRELATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GUIDELINE; HEALTH RISK; MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART DEATH; HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

CAUSALITY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84871209341     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws374     Document Type: Review

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