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Thinking about Causation: A Thought Experiment with Dominos

We argue that population attributable fractions, probabilities of causation, burdens of disease, and similar association-based measures often do not provide valid estimates or surrogates for the fraction or number of disease cases that would be prevented by eliminating or reducing an exposure becaus...

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Autor principal: Cox, Louis Anthony
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10445955/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37635719
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloepi.2021.100064