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Causal inference concepts applied to three observational studies in the context of vaccine development: from theory to practice
BACKGROUND: Randomized controlled trials are considered the gold standard to evaluate causal associations, whereas assessing causality in observational studies is challenging. METHODS: We applied Hill’s Criteria, counterfactual reasoning, and causal diagrams to evaluate a potentially causal relation...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7882866/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33588764 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12874-021-01220-1 |