Yerushalmy and the problems of causal inference

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1349-1351

  Ebrahim, Shah ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL SMOKING; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PARENTAL SMOKING; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRAFFIC; UTERUS;

EID: 84913600873     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu186     Document Type: Editorial

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